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Definition of "quinua" []

  • 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. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "quinua" in a sentence
  • "The tarwi and quinua are foods that being used less and less in the children's diet and malnutrition increases."
  • "Some alimentary plants in the high regions are potatoes, quinua, oca, etc., as well as maize in districts suitable for its growth, with coarse beans (habas) and barley, the last two being of"
  • "Limited agriculture, the raising of potatoes and kindred tubers, of quinua (chenopodium quinua), maize, in the few places where it will thrive at the general altitude of over 12,000 feet of the table land."