cilantro

From Spanish cilantro, from Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”). Doublet of coriander.

cilantro (usually uncountable, plural cilantros)

1. (US) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

• (herb): Chinese parsley, coriander

• contrail, crotalin

• coriandro (rare)
• culantro (rare, regional, obsolete)

From earlier culantro, from Latin coriandrum (compare French coriandre, Italian coriandolo, Portuguese coentro) from Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon, “coriander”), κορίανδρον (koríandron).

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /θiˈlantɾo/, [θiˈlãn̪t̪ɾo]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /siˈlantɾo/, [siˈlãn̪t̪ɾo]

cilantro m (plural cilantros)

1. coriander, cilantro

• Unlike the English term borrowed from it, the Spanish term refers to both the plants and the seeds.

• culantrillo

• English: cilantro

• “cilantro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.