quinoa

UK/ˈkiːn.wɑː/US/ˈkin.wɑ/

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Quinoa is a tiny South American seed cooked like a grain. A bowl of quinoa, cook the quinoa, quinoa salad.

It must be rinsed before cooking to remove a bitter coating that protects it from birds. It is a seed rather than a grain, and the sudden Western demand for it changed prices in the Andes considerably.

Definitions of quinoa

1nounquinoaA tiny South American seed cooked like a grain.B2+
“She made a salad of quinoa, roasted peppers and feta for lunch.”

quinoa is a seed.

Where it comes from

Spanish quinua comes from Quechua kinwa.

Quechua
kinwa
Spanish
quinua
English, today
quinoa

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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quinoa in the wild

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa;, from Quechua kinwa or kinuwa) is a flowering plant in the amaranth family.
Quinoa
As a result of increased consumption in North America, Europe, and Australasia, quinoa crop prices tripled between 2006 and 2014, entering a boom and bust cycle.
Quinoa
Agriculture in the area is generally limited to quinoa, llamas, and sheep.
Uyuni
Prominent examples include amaranth (love-lies-bleeding, red amaranth, Prince-of-Wales-feather), quinoa, and buckwheat.
Pseudocereal
Quinoa oil is a vegetable oil extracted from germ of the Chenopodium quinoa, an Andean cereal, and has been cultivated since at least 3000 B.C.
Quinoa oil

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