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quinoa|ˈkiːnəʊə, kwɪˈnəʊə|
Also quinua.
[Sp. spelling of Peruvian (Quichuan) kinua, kinoa.]
An annual plant (Chenopodium Quinoa, N.O. Chenopodiaceæ̇) found on the Pacific slopes of the Andes, cultivated in Chile and Peru for its edible farinaceous seeds. Also attrib.
1625Purchas Pilgrims IV. vii. xiii. 1465 They had Maiz, Quinua, Pulse. 1760–72tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) I. 289 This useful species of grain, here called quinoa, resembles a lentil in shape, but much less, and very white. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 484 The earliest mention of the quinua grain of Peru occurs in the ‘Cronica’ of Pedro de Cieza de Leon. Ibid. 485 The Indians also make a beverage of the quinua. 1886A. H. Church Food Grains Ind. 110 Quinoa seeds are extremely small. |