culantro

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English

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Etymology

From Spanish culantro, whence also the doublet cilantro, which see for more. Both words are doublets of coriander.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːˈlɑːn.tɹoʊ/, /kuːˈlæn.tɹoʊ/
  • enPR: ko͞o-länˈ -trō, -lănˈ -

Noun

culantro (uncountable)

  1. 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.)
    Synonyms: (Caribbean) chadon beni, (Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago) fitweed
    • 2007 January 21, Timothy Williams, “As East Harlem Develops, Its Accent Starts to Change”, in The New York Times:
      A painting of a woman wearing a burgundy shawl over a flamenco-style dress hangs on a wall, and in the garden, tomatoes, peppers, corn and culantro, an herb used in Caribbean cooking, grow in the summer.
  2. Alternative form of cilantro (the stems and leaves of Coriandrum sativum)

Usage notes

Culantro, in its primary sense of referring to Eryngium foetidum, is not to be confused with cilantro (Coriandrum sativum), despite being its doublet.

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (coriander), from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron).

Pronunciation

Noun

culantro m (plural culantros)

  1. coriander, cilantro (Coriandrum sativum)
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 17r:
      Clamaron caſado de iſr̃l ſo nõbre magna caera como ſemẏent de culantro blanco. E ſo ſabor como breſcas de myel
      The house of Israel gave it the name manna, because it was like the seed of white coriander, and its taste like that of honeycombs.

Descendants

  • Ladino: kulantro
  • Spanish: cilantro

Spanish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish culantro, from Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (coriander), from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈlantɾo/
  • Rhymes: -antɾo
  • Syllabification: cu‧lan‧tro

Noun

culantro m (plural culantros)

  1. (Central America, Mexico) culantro (Eryngium foetidum)
  2. Alternative form of cilantro (Coriandrum sativum)
  3. (euphemistic, colloquial, Costa Rica, Mexico) butt, buttocks

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