QUINOA

Quinoa is the seed of Chenopodium quinoa Willd, a species of goosefoot, which is cooked like grain. During cooking, the germ comes out of the seed and dangles, curled, from it, or falls off.

Quinoa comes from the Andean region of South America, where it has been an important food for 6000 years. It is very undemanding and altitude-hardy, so it can be cultivated in the Andes up to 4000 meters. Quinoa grows best in well-drained soils and requires a relatively long growing season. It is also susceptible to a leaf miner in eastern North America which may reduce crop success. The leaf miner also effects the common weed Chenopodium album, but C. album is much more resistent.

Similar Chenopodium species were probably grown in the North America, before corn agriculture became popular. Chenopodiums were also used in Europe as greens. Chenopodium album which has a widespread distribution in the United States produces edible seeds and greens much like Quinoa, but in lower quantities. Caution should be exercised in collecting this weed however, because when growing in heavily fertilized agricultural fields it can accumulate dangerously high concentrations of nitrate.

In colonial times, quinoa was scorned by the Spanish colonists as "food for Indians", but in more enlightened times the grain has come to be highly appreciated for its nutritional value. Unlike wheat or rice, quinoa contains a full complement of the amino acids which the human body can't produce itself, making it an unusually complete foodstuff.

Commercial Usage: QUINOA

Domain	Title
Books	Quinoa the Supergrain: Ancient Food for Today (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Quinoa [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Usage Frequency: QUINOA

"QUINOA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "QUINOA" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Expression: QUINOA

Frequency of Internet Keywords: QUINOA

Modern Translation: QUINOA

Language		Translations for "QUINOA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		quinoa, peruansk ris, kvinoa. (various references)

Dutch		Peruaanse spinazie. (various references)

Finnish		kvinoa. (various references)

French		quinoa, petit riz. (various references)

German		Reismelde, peruanischer Reis. (various references)

Greek		χηνοπόδιον η κουινόα. (various references)

Italian		quinoa. (various references)

Pig Latin		inoaquay

Spanish		quinoa. (various references)

Swedish		quinoa, mjölmålla. (various references)

Ukrainian		лебеда. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: QUINOA

Derivations & Misspellings: QUINOA

Derivations
	Words beginning with "QUINOA": quinoas. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"QUINOA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cinoa, kinoa, Qina, quangoid, Quanyou, Quignon, Quina, Quinaig, quino, quinoid, quinola, quinona, quinotaur, quinox, quinta, quiona, Quivox, quona. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: QUINOA

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	Words within the letters "a-i-n-o-q-u"
	-1 letter: quoin.
	-2 letters: naoi, quai, quin, unai.
	-3 letters: ain, ani, ion, qua.
	-4 letters: ai, an, in, na, no, nu, on, un.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-n-o-q-u"
	+1 letter: coquina, quinoas.
	+2 letters: aequorin, conquian, coquinas, equation, opaquing.
	+3 letters: aequorins, conquians, equations, liquation, quotation, quotidian.
	+4 letters: coequating, equational, equitation, liquations, nonaquatic, quaternion, quotations, quotidians, squamation.
	+5 letters: acquisition, antiquation, equinoctial, equitations, liquidation, quadrillion, quaternions, questionary, squadroning, squamations, unequivocal.
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Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	3	202,518

Expression	Frequency per Day
quinoa	245
quinoa recipe	43
agriculture quinoa	15
importer quinoa	9
bread quinoa receipes	9
company list quinoa	7
quinoa salad	4
bread quinoa	4
quinoa grain	3
cooking quinoa	3
cook quinoa	3
quinoa flour	2
glycemic index quinoa	2
chenopodium quinoa	2
de de harina proceso quinoa	2
nutrition quinoa	2
quinoa waffle	2
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Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Chenopodium quinoa. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "QUINOA": Chenopodium Quinoa. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

QUINOA

Definition: QUINOA

QUINOA

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Crosswords: QUINOA

Specialty Definition: Quinoa

Commercial Usage: QUINOA

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Expression: QUINOA

Frequency of Internet Keywords: QUINOA

Modern Translation: QUINOA

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Ancestral Language Translations: QUINOA

Derivations & Misspellings: QUINOA

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Anagrams: QUINOA

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