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a seed that drinks its own weight in water, then refuses to let go
means A small edible seed from a flowering plant in the mint family, prized for swelling into a gel when soaked and for its nutritional punch.
from From the Spanish 'chía,' borrowed in turn from Nahuatl 'chian,' the language of the Aztecs, who cultivated the seed as a staple food and offering long before Europeans arrived. The same Nahuatl word lingers in a famous place name: 'Chiapas' is often explained as 'the place where chia grows' — and the plant's botanical name, Salvia hispanica, simply means 'Spanish sage,' a nod to the colonizers who carried it home.
- water hoarder
- absorbs up to twelve times its weight in liquid
- aztec fuel
- warriors ate it on long marches
- name origin
- chia means oily in ancient Nahuatl
- pet glory
- the same plant grows on terracotta pets
- omega bomb
- more plant omega-3s than salmon by weight
chia seed — salvia hispanica, domesticated in mexico 3500 years ago, now grown commercially worldwide
chia pet — ceramic novelty planter sold since 1977, sprouted chia seeds create hair-like growth