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quinoa

quinoa

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A South American plant with small edible seeds high in protein used like a grain
  • noun
  • /ˈkiːnwɑː/
translation icon : quinoa
  • Remember that it's always a good idea to rinse quinoa before you use it.
  • a quinoa salad
  • a cup of quinoa
  • rinse quinoa

They're in pseudo grains like quinoa or buckwheat.

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Examples

  • For example, their store brand quinoa is much cheaper than the name brand.

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  • Meanwhile, beans and increasingly quinoa were grown mostly for sale in the market.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Owners are probably buying quinoa and healthy stuff.

  • Hey, how do you feel about quinoa for dinner?

  • For example, one would not choose quinoa as a protein source.

  • And you can go into restaurants now and get quinoa and brown rice.

  • I just have this white quinoa and I boil it with some water.

  • We have this beautiful quinoa salad and grilled salmon and vegetables.

  • However, whole grains include many foods, including quinoa, brown rice, and barley.

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  • For a healthy meal, I often make a quinoa salad with vegetables and dressing.

Surface Forms

quinoa singular
quinoas plural

Etymology

Quinoa comes from the Quechua word kinwa, the old language of the Andes, where people have long grown this plant for its small, healthy 'seeds'. So, quinoa in English names that same nutritious seed that we cook and eat like a grain.