Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A West Indian name for various plants, both wild and cultivated, which are used as pot-herbs and culinary vegetables.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of callaloo.

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  • UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We have, first of all, fried fruit, cod fish, roast pig, steam calalu (ph), jerk pork, curried goods (ph), lobster tail (ph).

    CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2003 2003

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