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A "restored" form of currant2. The chief riches of Zante consist in corinths. W. Broome, Notes on the Ody ey. coriander (kō-ri-an'der), n. [Earlier coliander , caliawndyre , coliandre , also celendre = OHG. chullantar , cullentar , kul- landar , coll in der , etc. ( col i and rum , cole an- drum , coliandrus ); = D. G. Dan. Sw. koriander , Corinthiac (kō-rin'thi-ak), a. [L. Corinthia- = F. coriandre = Pr. coriandre , coliandre = Sp. Corinthian. Sp. cus , Κορινθιακός , Κόρινθος : see Corinthian .] It. coriandro = Pg. coentro; etc.: see above), Coriander (Cor i and rum sativum). lar name of the umbelliferous plant Cor i and rum sativum. The fruit (popularly called coriander -seeds) is globose and nearly smooth, and pleasantly aromatic; it is used for flavoring curries, pastry, etc., and in medicine as a stimulant and carminative. Coriander last to these succeeds, That hangs on slightest threads her trembling seeds. Cowper , tr. of Virgil, The Salad. 2. The fruit of this plant. To repre e fumes and pro pulse vapours from the Brain, it shalbe excellent good after Supper to chaw a few graynes of Coriander . Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 210. Coriander-seedt, money. Nares . [Slang.] The spankers, spur-royals, rose-nobles and other coriander seed with which she was quilted all over. Ozell , tr. of Rabelais. Cor i and rum (kō-ri-an'drum), n. [NL. use of L. cor i and rum: see coriander .] A genus of plants, natural order Umbelliferæ , containing two species. They are slender annual herbs with white flowers, natives of the Mediterranean region. C. sativum, the officinal coriander, is cultivated on account of its seeds, or rather fruits. The other species is C. tordy lioides , of Syria. See coriander .