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Meaning of cochayuyo

cochayuyo: In Chile it is one of the common names of a brown algae, which is also known as kollof, coyofe, coyoyo, coyoy, cachiyuyo, cochaguasca or cochahuasca. It's edible. Its scientific name is Durvillaea antarctica. It is very rich in Iodine. The word in Quechua language means sea legume.; Quechua Word ( language in the North of Chile and Peru ) What aquatic grass. Gives its name to a vegetable marino, an alga of great dimensions, that nature has offered as food for centuries to many communities in the South of the American continent.