callaloo

[ kal-uh-loo, kal-uh-loo ]

/ ˌkæl əˈlu, ˈkæl əˌlu /

noun Southern Cookery.

a thick soup of crabmeat, greens, and various seasonings.

Nearby words

call-up, calla, callable, callaghan, callais, callaloo, callanetics, callant, callao, callas, callathump

Origin of callaloo

1695–1700; compare Jamaican English calalu any of a variety of greens used as an ingredient in soup < American Spanish calalú, Portuguese carurú, said to be < Tupi caárurú thick leaf