Chia

/ˈtʃiːə/ noun

A tiny seed from a plant native to Mexico that's packed with nutrition and often used in health foods.

From Nahuatl (Aztec language) 'chia.' The seeds were sacred to the Aztecs and used as currency; Spanish conquistadors documented them in the 1500s.

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