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Quinua

Quinua may refer to:

  • Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) or quinua, a species of goosefoot grown as an edible crop
  • Quinua, Peru, a small town in Huamanga Province

Usage examples of "quinua".

The plateau broke away in broad sloping terraces to a stream far below, and here the country was richer by far, with stretches of a crop called quinua, a species of chaenopodium, and fields of barley with dry-stone walls - stone in great plenty, lying in shattered heaps - and on the edge of one field a stray sheep.