culantro
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culantro (uncountable)
- The tropical herb Eryngium foetidum, native to Mexico and South America but cultivated worldwide, used medicinally and in Caribbean cuisine.
- 2007 January 21, Timothy Williams, “As East Harlem Develops, Its Accent Starts to Change”, 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.
- 2007 January 21, Timothy Williams, “As East Harlem Develops, Its Accent Starts to Change”, New York Times:
- Alternative form of cilantro.
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Not to be confused with cilantro.
