culantro
Meanings
noun
- The tropical herb Eryngium foetidum, native to Mexico, Central America and South America but cultivated worldwide, used medicinally and in Caribbean cuisine. (See Usage notes below for this sense.)
- Alternative form of cilantro (the stems and leaves of Coriandrum sativum)
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Etymology
From Spanish culantro, whence also the doublet cilantro, which see for more. Both words are doublets of coriander.
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