Coriander is a cooking plant. The fresh green leaves have a strong smell: a lot of people love them on soup and noodles, and some people say they taste like soap. That is a real difference in how tongues read the plant, not just being fussy.

Coriander is a cooking plantcoriander是一種食用的植物。The fresh green leaves have a strong smell新鮮的綠葉味道很重：a lot of people love them on soup and noodles很多人喜歡加在湯和麵裡，and some people say they taste like soap而有些人覺得吃起來像肥皂。That is a real difference in how tongues read the plant這是舌頭感受這種植物方式上真實存在的差異，not just being fussy不是單純在挑剔。

The little round seeds are warmer and a bit lemony; we use them whole or ground.

The little round seeds are warmer and a bit lemony圓圓的小種子味道比較溫暖，還帶點檸檬味；we use them whole or ground我們會整顆用，也會磨成粉用。

In British English, coriander often means the whole plant — leaves and seeds. In American English, people usually call the leaves cilantro and keep coriander for the seeds. So the same bunch of green on a Taiwanese stall might be “coriander” to a British speaker and “cilantro” to an American one.

In British English, coriander often means the whole plant在英式英文裡，coriander常常指整株植物——leaves and seeds葉子和種子都算。In American English, people usually call the leaves cilantro在美式英文裡，人們通常把葉子叫做cilantro，and keep coriander for the seeds而把coriander留給種子用。So the same bunch of green on a Taiwanese stall所以台灣攤子上同一把青綠色的菜，might be "coriander" to a British speaker and "cilantro" to an American one對英國人來說可能是"coriander"，對美國人來說卻是"cilantro"。

The word came through French and Latin from Greek; nobody is sure where the Greek word began. Cilantro is the same plant by another path, through Spanish.

The word came through French and Latin from Greek這個字經過法文、拉丁文，一路從希臘文傳過來；nobody is sure where the Greek word began沒有人確定希臘文的那個字最早是怎麼來的。Cilantro is the same plant by another pathcilantro是同一種植物，只是走了另一條路，through Spanish是經過西班牙文傳來的。