what is quinoa (
Landscape with Chenopodium quinoa near Cachilaya, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. Quinoa (/ËkiËnwÉË/ or /kÉªËnoÊ.É/, from Quechua kinwa or kinuwa) is the common name for Chenopodium quinoa of the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae. It is grown as a grain crop primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal, due to it not being a grass.