AY Honors/Native American Foods

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 Cocoa Cranberry Green Bean Guava Jerusalem artichoke Lambs quarters Maize (corn) Maple syrup Papaya

Pawpaw Peanut Pecan Pineapple Prickly pear Potato Pumpkin Quamash Quinoa ("keen-wa") Squash

Strawberry Sunflower Sweet Potato Tepary bean Tomato Vanilla Wild rice Wintergreen Yambean Yucca

(Word origin of some of these verified at Etymology Online.)