chadon beni

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French chardon béni (“blessed thistle”): chardon (“thistle”) (ultimately from Latin carduus (“wild thistle; artichoke”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“to rub, scrape, scratch”)) + béni (past participle of bénir (“to bless”), ultimately from Late Latin benedīcō (“to bless, praise”), from bene (“well”) and dīcō (“speak”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑːdɔː(n) ˌbɛni/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑdɔ(n) ˌbɛni/ Hyphenation: cha‧don be‧ni === Noun === chadon beni (uncountable) (Caribbean) Culantro (Eryngium foetidum), a tropical herb whose leaves are used medicinally and in Caribbean cuisine. Synonyms: (Saint Kitts) cat-claw, (Dominica) chuk-chuk, (Jamaica, Saint Kitts) fit-bush, (Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago) fitweed, (Saint Vincent) shadow-vinnie bush, (Trinidad) [Term?] ==== Alternative forms ==== chadon bene chandon beni shado beni (Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago) shadon beni shadow beni shandon beni ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Eryngium foetidum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Eryngium foetidum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Eryngium foetidum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies