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The name coriander derives from French
coriandre through Latin “coriandrum” in turn from Greek “κορίαννον”.
John Chadwick notes the Mycenaean Greek form of the word, koriadnon
"has a pattern curiously similar to the name of Minos' daughter Ariadne,
and it is plain how this might be corrupted later to koriannon or
koriandron." Coriander
grows wild over a wide area of the Near East and southern Europe,
prompting the comment, "It is hard to define exactly where this plant is
wild and where it only recently established itself." Fifteen desiccated
mericarps were found in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B level of the Nahal
Hemel Cave in Israel, which may be the oldest archeological find of
coriander. About half a litre of coriander mericarps were recovered from
the tomb of Tutankhamun, and because this plant does not grow wild in
Egypt, Zohary and Hopf interpret this find as proof that coriander was
cultivated by the ancient Egyptians. The Bible mentions coriander in
Exodus 16:31: "And the house of Israel began to call its name Manna: and
it was round like coriander seed, and its taste was like that of flat
cakes made with honey." The cilantro leaves are sometimes referred
to as coriander leaves, cilantro (in the Americas, from the Spanish
vernacular for
the plant), culantro (in some regions of Latin America; this is also a
common name for Eryngium foetidum, which causes some minor confusion). We hope you enjoyed your visit, be sure to visit Big Vegetables for all your free gardening video needs! |
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