Callaloo Definition

kălə-lo͝o, kălə-lo͝o
noun
The leaves of the taro, or, sometimes, other plants, cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Webster's New World
A West Indian stew or soup made with this vegetable and, typically, crabmeat, okra, pork, and coconut milk.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Callaloo

Noun

Singular:
callaloo
Plural:
callaloos

Origin of Callaloo

  • American Spanish calulú plant of genus Xanthosoma whose leaves are used as greens perhaps from Tupí caárurú thick leaf

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From American Spanish calalú.

    From Wiktionary

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