English Explanatory Dictionary

kaniwa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A goosefoot of species Chenopodium pallidicaule, native to the Andean region, and similar in character and uses to the closely related quinoa.

Word forms

kaniwa kañiwa canihua cañihua cañahua

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cañihua, from Quechua qañiwa.

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