chia

Meaning

Noun

  • A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica (species).
  • Salvia columbariae (species), a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Spanish chía, from Classical Nahuatl chiyan ("seed of the chia plant").

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