QUINOA OF PERU
\kwɪnˈə͡ʊəɹ ɒv pəɹˈuː], \kwɪnˈəʊəɹ ɒv pəɹˈuː], \k_w_ɪ_n_ˈəʊ_ə_ɹ ɒ_v p_ə_ɹ_ˈuː]\
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A goosefoot, q.v. (Chenopodium Quinoa); ripening at a height of nearly 13,000 feet; the great article of agriculture in S. Peru; yielding abundant seeds of the size of millet, used much as rice is used in India; and from which an agreeable beer is obtained.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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