chadon beni

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chadon beni

/ˈʃɑːdɔː(n)ˌbɛni/ UK
/ˈʃɑdɔ(n)ˌbɛni/ US

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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”)).

noun chadon bene · chandon beni · shado beni · shadon beni · shadow beni · shandon beni

Caribbean, uncountable Culantro (Eryngium foetidum), a tropical herb whose leaves are used medicinally and in Caribbean cuisine. The people of Trinidad and Tobago also love their shark and bake which they spice with a sauce made from chadon beni (one of the most versatile herbs that is used to spice meats or make a flavoured pepper sauce).
Similar: cat-claw, chuk-chuk, fit-bush, fitweed, shadow-vinnie bush

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@misc{chadon_beni_2026,
  title = {chadon beni},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chadon%20beni},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}