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Originally Posted by Hitch
They are and aren't. They are from the same plant, but different parts of the same plant. Cilantro is the herb (the leaves) and coriander is made from the seeds thereof, as I understand it. It's not merely Two Countries separated by a common language. ;-)
Hitch
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I've often wondered how they differentiate between the leaves and the ground seed in places where the plant is called coriander (as it pertains to purchasing the two for culinary purposes). Is it as simple as coriander/coriander seed?
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Here in the UK, we don't use the word cilantro at all ( in my experience at least). In recipes, the seed is typically referred to as ground coriander, but often you need to work out whether it's the herb or the seed from context (so "chopped coriander" would imply the herb, for example).
The use of two different words that Hitch describes actually seems pretty sensible to me.