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 Bay leaf (Umbellularia californica) Blueberry (Vaccinium sp) Brazil nut Bell pepper Black Walnuts (Juglans sp.) Cashew Cassava Cherimoya (custard apple) Chia | Chicle (chewing gum) Chili pepper Cocoa Cranberry Green Bean Guava Hazelnut (Corylus sp.) Hickory nut (Carya sp.) Jerusalem artichoke Lambs quarters Maize (corn) Maple syrup | Papaya Pawpaw Peanut Pecan Pineapple Pine nuts (Pinus sp.) Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) Prickly pear Potato Pumpkin Quamash Quinoa (“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.)
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