chia

American  

[chee-uh] / ˈtʃi ə /

noun

• chias
  plural

1. a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.

2. any of several similar related plants.

3. a beverage brewed from the seeds of any of these plants.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• chias
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of chia

1875–80; < Mexican Spanish chía < Nahuatl chiah, chian

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Example Sentences

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And so much native chia — the kind you can’t find in grocery stores.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

The typical ingredients: peanut butter or almond butter, chia seeds, flax seeds, oatmeal and shredded coconut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Foods including avocado, quinoa, açaí, aguaymanto, chia, and pumpkin seeds were incorporated as locally accessible options.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Search for fibermaxxing on social media and you’ll see any number of recipes for chia pudding and bean salad, as well as influencers talking up the benefits of a high-fiber diet.

From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026

They ran as follows: The "Chia" family is not "chia," a myth; white jade form the Halls; gold compose their horses!

From Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly

In Granada those tunics, which are called chias, are of black velvet, embroidered with gold or silver, and having a train of six or eight yards in length. 

From Roman Catholicism in Spain by Anonymous

There it lay among the chias, and she picked it up and carried it to her room.

From The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions by J. Smeaton Chase

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