"Mike Pearce" > wrote in
newsr_Nb.14117$Mb7.13473@lakeread04:

> "Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> All I said was that this distinction between coriander and
>> "cilantro" was not necessary. And I stand by that.
>
> So, if I asked you to pick up some coriander for me at the market,
> and you were kind enough to do it, what would you bring me? The
> herb or the seed?

You'd have to specify which you wanted, wouldn't you, just as yu would
have to do it with beet roots or beet greens, or any other vegetable
that has two consumable parts (nutmeg/mace excepted for some reason).

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