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callaloos

callaloos is the plural 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

Questions about callaloos

What is callaloos the plural of?
Callaloos is the plural of callaloo.

Words near callaloos in the dictionary

  1. Callahams
  2. Callahan
  3. Callahan County
  4. Callala Bay
  5. callaloo
  6. callaloos
  7. callalou
  8. callalous
  9. Callan
  10. Callanan
  11. Callanans

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