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calaloo

calaloo is the alternative spelling of callaloo.

Meaning of callaloo

Noun

callaloo (countable and uncountable, plural callaloos)

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

Forms of calaloo

pluralcalaloos

Questions about calaloo

What is calaloo the alternative spelling of?
Calaloo is the alternative spelling of callaloo.

Words near calaloo in the dictionary

  1. calaite
  2. calaites
  3. Calakmul
  4. Calala
  5. Calalinan
  6. calaloo
  7. calalu
  8. calaluz
  9. calaluzes
  10. Calalzo di Cadore
  11. Calama

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