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[[File:Chenopodium quinoa0.jpg|thumb|right|The quinoa plant ready to harvest.]] | [[File:Chenopodium quinoa0.jpg|thumb|right|The quinoa plant ready to harvest.]] | ||
Quinoa is a flowering plant in the amaranth family. It is a herbaceous annual plant grown as a grain crop primarily for its edible seeds. Because it is not a grass, it is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal. Quinoa is closely related to the edible plants beetroot, spinach, and amaranth (Amaranthus spp.), another pseudocereal which it closely resembles. | Quinoa is a flowering plant in the amaranth family. It is a herbaceous annual plant grown as a [[grain]] crop primarily for its edible seeds. Because it is not a grass, it is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal. Quinoa is closely related to the edible plants beetroot, spinach, and amaranth (Amaranthus spp.), another pseudocereal which it closely resembles. | ||
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Revision as of 18:28, 12 November 2017
Quinoa is a flowering plant in the amaranth family. It is a herbaceous annual plant grown as a grain crop primarily for its edible seeds. Because it is not a grass, it is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal. Quinoa is closely related to the edible plants beetroot, spinach, and amaranth (Amaranthus spp.), another pseudocereal which it closely resembles.