an American marzipan-like paste (see Molina) made from chia seeds
Orthographic Variants:
chiancaca
Alonso de Molina:
chiancaca. mazapan de la tierra. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 19r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.