| quinoa | The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| chenopodium | The dried ripe fruit of Chenopodium ambrosoides (family Chenopodiaceae), American wormwood, from which a volatile oil is distilled and used as an anthelmintic. Synonym: Jesuit tea, Mexican tea, wormseed. Origin: G. Chen, goose, + pous (pod-), foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| oil of chenopodium | Volatile oil from the fresh above ground part of the flower, American wormseed, Chenopodium ambrosioides, or C. Anthelminticum. Used as an anthelmintic. Synonym: oil of American wormseed. (05 Mar 2000) |