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Quinoa is a grain, which is technically a seed. I'm confused about the refrigeration comment though - I make quinoa all the time and have not had that issue.

• ubernostrum 13y ago
  "Grain" typically means the seeds of cereal grasses, of the family Poaceae. Quinoa is the seed of a plant from family Amaranthaceae; it's not a grass, it's a leafy plant from the same taxonomic group as beets and spinach. This leads to it being referred to as a "pseudocereal grain" if it's called a "grain" at all.
  • whyenot 13y ago
    cereal grains (from the Poaceae) actually are both a seed and a fruit. In most grasses the ovary wall (fruit) and the seed are fused together into a structure called a caryopsis. Sometimes the ovary wall is milled off before consumption (often with wheat), sometimes not (corn, oats). Grain is not a well defined term, at least botanically. Soybeans, corn and wheat are all considered grains by some (for example, some departments of the US government).