quinoa

quinoa
/keen"wah/, n.
a tall crop plant, Chenopodium quinoa, of the goosefoot family, cultivated in Peru and Chile for its small, ivory-colored seed, which is used as a food staple.
Also, quinua.
[1615-25; < Sp < Quechua kinua, kinoa]

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