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A nutritive plant, Chenopodium Quinoa, of the Peruvian and Bolivian highlands, growing at altitudes of 12,000 feet and more. The white millet-like seeds of one of the varieties are one of the chief vegetable aliments of the Indians and are generally eaten by all classes. The name has been adopted generally in the Spanish language as the name of the plant.
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