What does "culantro" mean?

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.)

What is a synonym for "culantro"?

Common synonyms include: chadon beni, fitweed, shado beni.

How do you pronounce "culantro"?

Pronounced //kuːˈlɑːn.tɹoʊ//.

Culantro

//kuːˈlɑːn.tɹoʊ// noun

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Definitions

Noun

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.) uncountable
"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) alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

chadon beni fitweed shado beni

Example

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"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."

Etymology

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

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