cilantro
- 1The leaves and stalks of coriander, Coriandrum sativum, used in cooking both as a flavoring and as a garnish.
The chef finished each bowl of soup with a few sprigs of cilantro.
Some people think cilantro tastes like soap because of a genetic quirk.
Similarcoriander
Note
An American kitchen word that arrived by way of Spanish. Spanish cilantro goes back to Latin coriandrum, which also gave English coriander and culantro. In US usage it names the leaves and stems, while coriander is kept for the dried fruits sold as a spice. British English uses coriander for both. It is usually uncountable: a handful of cilantro, chopped cilantro, not a cilantro.
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Origin
From Spanish "cilantro", possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin form of Late Latin "coliandrum", from Latin "coriandrum" ("coriander"). It is a doublet of "coriander" and "culantro".