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callaloo
[ kal-uh-loo, kal-uh-loo ]
/ ˌkæl əˈlu, ˈkæl əˌlu /
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noun Southern Cooking.
a thick soup of crabmeat, greens, and various seasonings.
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Origin of callaloo
First recorded in 1695–1700; compare Jamaican English calalu, any of a variety of greens used as an ingredient in soup, from Latin American Spanish (Cuba, Puerto Rico) calalú, Portuguese carurú, said to be from Tupi caárurú thick leaf
Words nearby callaloo
callable, Callaghan, call a halt, callais, call alarm, callaloo, call-and-response, Callanetics, callant, Callao, Callas
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