"quinoa" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkiːn.wɑː/ [UK], /kiːˈnəʊ.ə/ [UK], /ˈkin.wɑ/ [US], /kiˈnoʊ.ə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quinoa.wav Forms: quinoas [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊə Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|quinua}} Spanish quinua, {{der|en|qu|kinwa}} Quechua kinwa Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} quinoa (countable and uncountable, plural quinoas)
  1. A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds. Wikidata QID: Q139925 Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Goosefoot subfamily plants Translations (Chenopodium quinoa): كِينْوَا (kīnwā) (Arabic), كينوا (kīnwa) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), kinoa (Basque), quinoa [feminine] (Catalan), 藜麥 /藜麦 (lai⁴ mak⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 印地安麥 /印地安麦 (yìndì'ān mài) (Chinese Mandarin), 藜麥 /藜麦 (límài) (Chinese Mandarin), 奎藜 (kuílí) (Chinese Mandarin), 小小米 (xiǎoxiǎomǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 灰米 (huīmǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 昆諾阿藜 /昆诺阿藜 (kūnnuò'ālí) (Chinese Mandarin), quinoa [feminine] (Dutch), gierstmelde [feminine] (Dutch), kvinoo (Esperanto), kvinoa (Finnish), kinua (Finnish), quinoa (French), Quinoa [feminine] (German), קינואה [feminine] (Hebrew), kinoa (Hungarian), kinoa (Indonesian), quinoa [feminine] (Italian), キヌア (kinua) (Japanese), 퀴노아 (kwinoa) (Korean), kinoja [feminine] (Latvian), kīnoa (Maori), किन्वा (kinwā) (Nepali), کنوه [feminine] (Pashto), کنوه (kenva) (Persian), kwinoa [feminine] (Polish), komosa ryżowa [feminine] (Polish), quinoa [feminine] (Portuguese), quinua [feminine] (Portuguese), kinwa (Quechua), kinuwa (Quechua), quinoa [feminine] (Romanian), квино́а (kvinóa) [neuter] (Russian), кино́а (kinóa) [neuter] (Russian), kvinoja [feminine] (Slovene), quinua [feminine] (Spanish), quínoa [feminine] (Spanish), quinoa [feminine] (Spanish), mjölmålla [common-gender] (Swedish), quinoa [common-gender] (Swedish), kinoa (Turkish), cwinoa [masculine] (Welsh), קינוואַ (kinva) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-quinoa-en-noun-en:Q139925 Disambiguation of Goosefoot subfamily plants: 58 42 Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'Chenopodium quinoa': 85 15
  2. The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour. Wikidata QID: Q104030862 Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Grains
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Quinoa"
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
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      "word": "קינואה"
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
      "word": "kinoa"
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
      "word": "kinoa"
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
      "word": "キヌア"
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
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      "word": "کنوه"
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      "word": "کنوه"
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
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      "word": "komosa ryżowa"
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
      "word": "kinuwa"
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
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      "word": "квино́а"
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
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      "word": "kvinoja"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
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      "word": "quínoa"
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
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      "word": "quinoa"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
      "word": "kinoa"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Chenopodium quinoa",
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kinva",
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      "word": "קינוואַ"
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}

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