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chadon beni

Syllables: cha·don be·ni/ˈʃɑːdɔː(n)ˌbɛni/US/ˈʃɑdɔ(n)ˌbɛni/

chadon beni noun: culantro (Eryngium foetidum), a tropical herb whose leaves are used medicinally and in Caribbean cuisine.

Noun

chadon beni (uncountable)

  1. (Caribbean) Culantro (Eryngium foetidum), a tropical herb whose leaves are used medicinally and in Caribbean cuisine.
    • The people of Trinidad and Tobago also love their shark and bake which they spice with a sauce made from chadon beni (one of the most versatile herbs that is used to spice meats or make a flavoured pepper sauce).1997, Caricomview: A Monthly Newsletter of the Caricom Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana: Communications Unit, Caricom Secretariat, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8
    • If you go to Maracas Bay, have shark-and-bake, a spicy fried bread sandwich of fried shark with a variety of sauces such as tamarind, garlic, chadon beni.1999, Sarah Cameron, Ben Box, editors, Caribbean Islands Handbook 2000: With the Bahamas, 11th edition, Bath, Somerset: Footprint Handbooks, →ISBN, page 970

Synonyms of chadon beni

Forms of chadon beni

alternative formchadon bene
alternative formchandon beni
alternative formshado beni
alternative formshadon beni
alternative formshadow beni
alternative formshandon beni

Origin of chadon beni

Borrowed from French chardon béni (“blessed thistle”): chardon (“thistle”) (ultimately from Latin carduus (“wild thistle; artichoke”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“to rub, scrape, scratch”)) + béni (past participle of bénir (“to bless”), ultimately from Late Latin benedīcō (“to bless, praise”), from bene (“well”) and dīcō (“speak”)).

Questions about chadon beni

What does chadon beni mean?
Chadon beni means culantro (Eryngium foetidum), a tropical herb whose leaves are used medicinally and in Caribbean cuisine.
What part of speech is chadon beni?
Chadon beni is a noun.
How do you pronounce chadon beni?
Chadon beni is pronounced /ˈʃɑːdɔː(n)ˌbɛni/ (UK).

Words near chadon beni in the dictionary

  1. chado
  2. Chado-
  3. chadock
  4. chadocks
  5. chadon bene
  6. chadon beni
  7. chador
  8. chadorim
  9. chadors
  10. Chadpreet
  11. chadri

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