coriander

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coriander

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From Middle English coriandre, from Anglo-Norman coriandre, from Old French corïandre, from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron), of uncertain origin. Doublet of cilantro.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒɹiˈændə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹiˌændɚ/, /ˌkɔɹiˈændɚ/
• Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)

coriander (usually uncountable, plural corianders)

1. (UK, Ireland) The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.
   • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 253:

     The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.]

2. (US) The dried fruits thereof, used as a spice.

• (herb): Chinese parsley
• (spice): coriander seeds (UK)
• dhania

• (Coriandum sativum): cilantro (US, the leaves, when fresh); in other dialects, this, too, like the rest of the plant, is called coriander

• → Japanese: コリアンダー (koriandā)

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κορίαννον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 754

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