: an annual herb (Chenopodium quinoa) of the goosefoot family that is native to the Andean highlands and is cultivated for its starchy seeds which are used as food and ground into flour
also
: its seeds
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 17 May 2024
Options range from 100% bitter and 73% dark to milk chocolate, with additions of coffee, peanuts, quinoa, golden berries or amaranth, plus a white chocolate with Peruvian blueberries.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
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quinoa
noun
qui·noa
ki-ˈnō-ə 
: a goosefoot that occurs in the Andes and has starchy seeds that are used as food and ground into flour
also
: its seeds
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