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# Vanilla | # Vanilla | ||
# Wild rice | # Wild rice | ||
+ | # Wintergreen | ||
# Yambean | # Yambean | ||
# '''Yucca''' | # '''Yucca''' |
Revision as of 23:03, 23 October 2007
The plant foods in the list below were introduced by the Native Americans. Items in bold are known to have retained their Native American names.
- Agave
- Achiote
- Avocado
- Brazil nut
- Bell pepper
- Cashew
- Cassava
- Cherimoya (custard apple)
- Chia
- Chicle (chewing gum)
- Chili pepper
- Cherimoya
- Cocoa
- Cranberry
- Green Bean
- Guava
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Lambsquarters
- Maize (corn)
- Maple syrup
- Papaya
- Pawpaw
- Peanut
- Pecan
- Pineapple
- Prickly pear
- Potato
- Pumpkin
- Quamash
- Quinoa (pronounced "keen-wa")
- Squash
- Sunflower
- Sweet Potato
- Tepary bean
- Tomato
- Vanilla
- Wild rice
- Wintergreen
- Yambean
- Yucca
(Word origin of some of these verified at Etymology Online.)