andean

/ˈæn.di.ən/

Etymology

From Ande(s) + -an, from Spanish, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”).

andean means of or pertaining to the Andes mountains in South America. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 78 out of 100.

andean is pronounced /ˈæn.di.ən/.

adj

Of or pertaining to the Andes mountains in South America.“Under the later Inca professional farms, the whole of the realm from the coast to the upper Amazon River became a flowering centre of plant domestication. More than half of the foods that the world eats today were developed by these Andean farmers. More kinds of food and medicinal plants were systematically cultivated here than in any other area of the world. Among them are potatoes, squash, tomat”