callaloo

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/kæləˈluː/

noun

Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genera Amaranthus and Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.

OriginSpanish calalú →
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Meanings

nouncallaloo (countable and uncountable, plural callaloos)

plural callaloos · alternative calaloo · alternative calalu · alternative callalou · alternative kallaloo

  1. countableuncountableAny of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genera Amaranthus and Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.
  2. countableuncountablecookingspicy soup or stew made from such leaves.

    But a little callaloo soup and a few mouthfuls of stewed goat, saw me much improved.

    2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 55

Origin

  1. Spanishcalalú
  2. Englishcallaloo

From American Spanish calalú. Compare Sranan Tongo krarun, Dutch klaroen.

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APA

callaloo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callaloo

MLA

“callaloo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callaloo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “callaloo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callaloo.

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