On 15 Jan 2004 17:51:39 GMT, Michel Boucher wrote:

> Just as the leaves and root of a carrot are a carrot, the
> leaves and seeds of coriander are coriander, alternatively known as
> cilantro, Indian parsley, Chinese parsley, dizzicorn, goid, what have
> you...

But they taste completely differently. So it makes sense to distinguish one
from another. And what better way than to have different words for them.
--
Tim.

If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would
be so simple that we couldn't.