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† coliˈander Obs. Forms: 1 cellendre, 4–5 coliaundre, 5 colyandre, 6 -aundir, colander, -onder, 6–7 coliander. [In OE., cellendre:—*koljandri, ad. pop.L. coliandrum = L. coriandrum coriander: cf. OHG. chullantar, chullintar:—*kuljander. In ME., coliaundre, a. OF. coliandre, repr. same L. form.] = coriander, q.v.
c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 218 Genim þas wyrte þe man coliandrum & oðrum naman þam ᵹelice cellendre nemneð. 1382Wyclif Ex. xvi. 31 As the seed of coliaundre. c1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 42 Coriandrum agreste..gall. et angl. coliaundre. 1538Turner Libellus, Coriandrum..appellant angli Coryander aut Colander. 1586Cogan Haven Health xxvi. (1636) 46 Coriander commonly called Coliander. 1614Markham Cheap Husb. iii. xxvii. (1668) 90 The cure of worms in sheep..take the leaves of Coliander. Abbreviated to col by apothecaries, etc.
1813in A. Young Agric. Essex II. 57 The coriander or col, as some call it. b. Applied to the Maiden-hair Fern (Adiantum Capillus-Veneris); in full, coliander maidens-hair.
1548Turner Names of Herbes 9 s.v. Adiantum, Adiantum..may be named in englishe Venus heir or Colonder maidens heir [1551 ― Herbal i. B iij a, Adiantum hath..leues lyke coriandres greater leues]. 1561Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 15 b, Mayden heyre called also Colander. c. coliander seed (also fig. in slang: see quot.).
c1690B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Coliander-seed, Money. 1725in New Cant. Dict. |