Coriander is a fresh green herb people either love or hate. Chopped coriander, coriander seed, hate coriander.
The split is partly genetic: a variant near a smell-receptor gene makes some people taste soap in it, and that is a real difference rather than fussiness. In America the leaf is called cilantro and only the seed is coriander, where British English uses one word for both.
1nouncorianderA fresh green herb, and the seed of the same plant.
“Sprinkle fresh coriander over the curry just before serving.”
coriander is a herb.
Also accepted in games: cilantro
Greek koriandron names the plant; the further origin is uncertain. Cilantro is the same word through Spanish.
Ancient Greek
κορίανδρον
Latin
coriandrum
Old French
corïandre
Anglo-Norman
coriandre
Middle English
coriandre
English, today
coriander
From Middle English coriandre, from Anglo-Norman coriandre, from Old French corïandre, from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον, of uncertain origin. a doublet of cilantro. 2 Compare Ancient Greek κορίαννον, κορίαμβλον, gmy 𐀒𐀪𐁀𐀅𐀙, 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀅𐀙, 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀈𐀜, 𐀒𐀪𐀍𐀅𐀙, akk 𒌑𒄷𒌷𒌝 arc כסברה (“coriander”), syc ܟܽܘܣܒܰܪܬܳܐ (“coriander”) and Arabic كُزْبَرَة.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA