What is the difference between millet and quinoa?

As nouns the difference between millet and quinoa

is that millet is any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world while quinoa is a goosefoot, species: Chenopodium quinoa, native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

As a proper noun Millet

is {{surname}.

millet

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m); ultimately from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(-)

Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.

Hyponyms

* (food grains)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

* barnyard millet * broom corn millet * browntop millet * common millet * finger millet * foxtail millet * Guinea millet * hog millet * Japanese millet * kodo millet * little millet * milletgrass, millet grass * pearl millet * proso millet * white millet

External links

* ("millet" on Wikipedia) * (Millet)

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(historical) A semi-autonomous confessional community under the Ottoman Empire, especially a non-Muslim one.

* 2007 , Elizabeth Roberts, Realm of the Black Mountain , Hurst & Co. 2007, page 14:

in support for a common Serbian Orthodox Church, the one traditional institution permitted to exist under the Ottoman millet system which sought to rule subject peoples indirectly through their own religious hierarchies.

* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, page 262:

Christians and Jews as People of the Book were organized into separate communities, or millets , defined by their common practice of the same religion, which was guaranteed as protected as long as it was primarily practised in private.

quinoa

English

(wikipedia quinoa) (Chenopodium quinoa)

Noun

(-)

A goosefoot, , native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

* 1997 , Derek B. Munro, Ernest Small, Vegetables of Canada , page 142,

Chenopodium quinoa'' Will, (quinoa''') is native to the Andes, and the seeds are a staple grain in parts of South America. The newly formed Canadian '''Quinoa''' Association anticipated growing about 400 ha of ' quinoa annually (Anonymous 1992e).

* 1999 October, Lisa Turner, Have fun exploring the land of unconventional grains'', ''Better Nutrition , page 70,

Quinoa was cultivated about 3,000 years ago in the Andes mountain region, and was the favored crop of the Incas, who used it as a sacred plant in rituals.

* 2007 , Chittaranjan Kole, Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops , page 148,

The oldest archeological remains of domesticated quinoa date to 5000 BC (Tapia 1979).

The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour.

* 2007 , Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food , page 560,

Turn the heat up to medium-high, add the quinoa , and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

* 2007 , Jonny Bowden, The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth , page 78,

Quinoa is another of those foods that keeps getting miscategorized—everyone thinks it?s a grain, everyone uses it like a grain, but it?s actually a seed.

* 2009''', Miriam Backes, ''Bob?s Red Mill Cookbook: Whole & Healthy Grains for Every Meal of the Day , page 104,

To use quinoa''' in a salad, spread it on a platter or baking sheet after cooking to allow it to cool and, more importantly, dry. Cooked '''quinoa can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.