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‖ calaˈlu
Also calaloo, -loe, caleloe, callalloo, -aloo, -alou, cullaloo.
A West Indian name for various plants cultivated as culinary vegetables; also, a soup or stew made with them.
1756P. Browne Jamaica 174 The branched Caleloe [Solanum nodiflorum]..The negroes make use of it every day almost in the year. Ibid. 232 Spanish Calaloe [Phytolacca octandra]. Ibid. 340 The prickly Calaloo [Amarantus spinosus]..used as a green, when the more valuable sorts are scarce. 1810F. Cuming Tour Western Country 297 Mr. Green made me observe..the cullaloo or Indian Kail [near Natchez, Mississippi]. 1884Miller Plant-n., Calalu. 1892J. C. Harris On Plantation 122 There was Callalou—a mixture of collards, poke salad, and turnip greens boiled for dinner and fried over for supper. 1929W. J. Locke Ancestor Jorico viii. 107 We were given..callaloo, which is an apotheosis of the American Okra soup. 1953G. Lamming In Castle of my Skin xiv. 273 A vegetable muddle called callalloo cooked with crab. 1969Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 14/1 Calalu (sometimes spelt ‘callaloo’), a green vegetable like spinach, makes wonderful soup—to bring tears to ex-patriate Jamaican eyes just mention calalu. |