calalú

From Guaraní caaruru (a kind of medicinal plant) or possibly Kimbundu kalúlu (a family of plants found in Angola), through Portuguese caruru (a dish of stewed herbs).

• IPA^(key): /kalaˈlu/ [ka.laˈlu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: ca‧la‧lú

calalú m (plural calalús or calalúes)

1. callaloo

• Allsopp, Richard, Allsopp, Jeanette (1996) Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage‎, 2003 edition, University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 130
• Russell G. Hamilton, Cherie Y. Hamilton (2007) “Caruru and Calulu, Etymologically and Socio-Gastronomically: Brazil, Angola, and São Tomé Príncipe.”, in Callaloo‎, volume 30, number 1, The Johns Hopkins University Press, pages 338–342