The story
- Spanish · borrowed fromculantro
- English todayculantro
From Spanish culantro, whence also the doublet cilantro, which see for more. Both words are doublets of coriander.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
culantro
Today it means: 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.) Full definition →
Spanish culantro