† 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.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 218 Genim þas wyrte þe man coliandrum & oðrum naman þam ᵹelice cellendre nemneð. 1382 Wyclif Ex. xvi. 31 As the seed of coliaundre. c 1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 42 Coriandrum agreste..gall. et angl. coliaundre. 1538 Turner Libellus, Coriandrum..appellant angli Coryander aut Colander. 1586 Cogan Haven Health xxvi. (1636) 46 Coriander commonly called Coliander. 1614 Markham Cheap Husb. iii. xxvii. (1668) 90 The cure of worms in sheep..take the leaves of Coliander. |
Abbreviated to col by apothecaries, etc.
| 1813 in 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.
| 1548 Turner 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]. 1561 Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 15 b, Mayden heyre called also Colander. |
c. coliander seed (also fig. in slang: see quot.).
| c 1690 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Coliander-seed, Money. 1725 in New Cant. Dict. |