Callalooとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• calaloo, calalu, callalou, kallaloo

語源

From American Spanish calalú. Compare Sranan Tongo krarun, Dutch klaroen.

発音

• IPA: /kæləˈluː/

名詞

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. (cooking) spicy soup or stew made from such leaves.
   • 2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 55:

     But a little callaloo soup and a few mouthfuls of stewed goat, saw me much improved.