chia seed

noun

An edible seed of Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family native to Central America, or of the related Salvia columbariae of southwestern United States and Mexico.

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Meanings

nounchia seed (plural chia seeds)

plural chia seeds

  1. An edible seed of Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family native to Central America, or of the related Salvia columbariae of southwestern United States and Mexico.

Translations

Afrikaans chiasaad
  • chiasaadseed
Arabic بُذُور شِيَا
  • بُذُور شِيَا (buḏūr šiyā)seed
Chinese Mandarin 奇亞籽 /奇亚籽
  • 奇亞籽 /奇亚籽 (qíyàzǐ)seed
Czech chia semínka
  • chia semínkaseed
Danish chiafrø
  • chiafrøseed
Dutch chiazaad
  • chiazaadseed
Finnish chiansiemen
  • chiansiemenseed
German Chiasamen
  • Chiasamenseed
Italian semi di chia
  • semi di chiaseed
Polish nasiono chia
  • nasiono chiaseed
Portuguese semente de chia
  • semente de chiaseed
Russian семена́ чи́а, семена́ от чи́а
  • семена́ чи́а (semená čía)seed
  • семена́ от чи́а (semená ot čía)seed
  • чи́я-семена́ (číja-semená)seed
Slovak chia semienka
  • chia semienkaseed
Swedish chiafrö
  • chiafröseed
Ukrainian насі́ння чі́а
  • насі́ння чі́а (nasínnja čía)seed
Yiddish טשיִאַ־קערל
  • טשיִאַ־קערל (tshia-kerl)seed
Cite this entry
APA

chia seed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chia%20seed

MLA

“chia seed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chia%20seed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chia seed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chia%20seed.

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