quinoa

quinoa
noun Etymology: Spanish, from Quechua kinua Date: 1625 an annual herb (Chenopodium quinoa) of the goosefoot family that is native to the Andean highlands and is cultivated for its starchy seeds which are used as food and ground into flour; also its seeds

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