Quinoa
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkiːn.wɑː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quinoa is a noun meaning A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.
Meaning
A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.
More Meanings
- The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour.
Example Sentences
Turn the heat up to medium-high, add the quinoa, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
The oldest archeological remains of domesticated quinoa date to 5000 BC (Tapia 1979).
Quinoa is another of those foods that keeps getting miscategorized—everyone thinks it′s a grain, everyone uses it like a grain, but it′s actually a seed.
Quinoa was cultivated about 3,000 years ago in the Andes mountain region, and was the favored crop of the Incas, who used it as a sacred plant in rituals.
Word Forms
- quinoas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kaniwa, pigweed, huauzontle, allseed, lambsquarters, chickpea.
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