quinoa
See also: Quinoa
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkiːn.wɑː/, /kiːˈnəʊ.ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈkin.wɑ/, /kiˈnoʊ.ə/
- Rhymes: -əʊə
Noun
editquinoa (countable and uncountable, plural quinoas)
- A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.
- 1997, Derek B. Munro, Ernest Small, Vegetables of Canada, page 142:
- Chenopodium quinoa Will, (quinoa) is native to the Andes, and the seeds are a staple grain in parts of South America. The newly formed Canadian Quinoa Association anticipated growing about 400 ha of quinoa annually (Anonymous 1992e).
- 1999 October, Lisa Turner, “Have fun exploring the land of unconventional grains”, in Better Nutrition, page 70:
- Quinoa was cultivated about 3,000 years ago in the Andes mountain region, and was the favored crop of the Incas, who used it as a sacred plant in rituals.
- 2007, Chittaranjan Kole, Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops, page 148:
- The oldest archeological remains of domesticated quinoa date to 5000 BC (Tapia 1979).
- The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour.
- 2007, Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food, page 560:
- Turn the heat up to medium-high, add the quinoa, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- 2007, Jonny Bowden, The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, page 78:
- Quinoa is another of those foods that keeps getting miscategorized—everyone thinks it′s a grain, everyone uses it like a grain, but it′s actually a seed.
- 2009, Miriam Backes, Bob′s Red Mill Cookbook: Whole & Healthy Grains for Every Meal of the Day, page 104:
- To use quinoa in a salad, spread it on a platter or baking sheet after cooking to allow it to cool and, more importantly, dry. Cooked quinoa can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Descendants
editTranslations
editChenopodium quinoa
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Further reading
edit- quinoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chenopodium quinoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.
Noun
editquinoa f (plural quinoes)
Further reading
edit- “quinoa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “quinoa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “quinoa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editquinoa m (plural quinoa's)
- quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa
- Synonym: gierstmelde
- Hypernym: ganzenvoet
- (uncountable) the seeds of the quinoa
- Synonym: gierstmelde
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- quinoa on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editquinoa m or f (plural quinoas)
Usage notes
editTraditionally a masculine noun but with frequent feminine usage.
Further reading
edit- “quinoa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editquinoa m or f (masculine plural invariable, feminine plural quinoe)
Further reading
edit- quinoa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
editPortuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editquinoa f (plural quinoas)
- quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, a pseudocereal of the Andes)
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editquinoa f (plural quinoas)
- Alternative form of quinua
Further reading
edit- “quinoa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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