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cilantro

/sɪˈlæntɹəʊ/US/sɪˈlɑntɹoʊ/

cilantro noun: the stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

cilantro: the stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in...
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Noun

cilantro (usually uncountable, plural cilantros)

  1. (US, usually) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

cilantro meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Malay

cilantro in Tamil

பச்சைக் கொத்து மல்லி, கொத்தமல்லி, கொத்துமல்லி

cilantro in Kannada

leaves of the coriander plant
ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ kottumbari, ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ ಎಲೆಗಳು kottumbari elegaḷu

cilantro in Arabic

leaves of the coriander plant
كُزْبَرَة kuzbara

cilantro in Malay

leaves of the coriander plant
daun ketumbar
More languagesFewer languages
cilantro in Persian
گشنیز gešniz
cilantro in Thai
ผักชี
cilantro in Myanmar
နံနံ namnam, နံနံရွက် namnam-rwak

Examples of cilantro in a sentence

  • Maybe the guys make things with kale, kohlrabi, exotic vegetables, and their favorite spice is cilantro.
  • And yes, I know how to spell cilantro, without using spell-check.
  • Shado beni is similar to cilantro but has a stronger flavor.

All 14 example sentences with cilantro

Synonyms of cilantro

Forms of cilantro

pluralcilantros

Origin of cilantro

From Spanish cilantro, possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin variant (with a front vowel) of Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”). Doublet of coriander and culantro.

Words formed from cilantro

Questions about cilantro

What does cilantro mean?
Cilantro means the stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.
What is cilantro in Tamil?
Cilantro in Tamil is பச்சைக் கொத்து மல்லி, கொத்தமல்லி, கொத்துமல்லி. See Cilantro meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cilantro?
Cilantro is a noun.
How do you pronounce cilantro?
Cilantro is pronounced /sɪˈlæntɹəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of cilantro?
The plural of cilantro is cilantros.

Words near cilantro in the dictionary

  1. Cikanowick
  2. CIL
  3. Cilacap
  4. ciladopa
  5. cilansetron
  6. cilantro
  7. cilantros
  8. cilastatin
  9. cilastazol
  10. cilazapril
  11. cilazaprilat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cilantro (page history and authors); cilantro (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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