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  • The leaves of the plant were used as vegetable greens, to the extent that the Nahuatl word huautli, meaning amaranth greens, was used interchangeably by the Spaniards with the Nahuatl quelite, meaning greens of any kind.

    Mexico's Grain Of The Gods: Cooking With Amaranth 2006

  • The leaves of the plant were used as vegetable greens, to the extent that the Nahuatl word huautli, meaning amaranth greens, was used interchangeably by the Spaniards with the Nahuatl quelite, meaning greens of any kind.

    Mexico's Grain Of The Gods: Cooking With Amaranth 2006

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  • amaranth

    October 22, 2010