culantro

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish culantro, whence also cilantro, which see for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːˈlɑːn.tɹoʊ/, /kuːˈlæn.tɹoʊ/

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.
   • 2007 January 21, Timothy Williams, “As East Harlem Develops, Its Accent Starts to Change”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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

Usage notes

Not to be confused with cilantro.

Translations

Eryngium foetidum

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刺芹 (zh) (cìqín)

• French: coriandre longue f, coriandre chinoise (fr) f
• German: Langer Koriander m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: culantro (es) m
• Vietnamese: ngò gai

Anagrams

• calutron

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈlantɾo/ [kuˈlãn̪.t̪ɾo]

Noun

culantro m (plural culantros)

1. Alternative form of cilantro

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001