Also calaloo, -loe, caleloe. A West Indian name for various plants cultivated as culinary vegetables.
1756. P. Browne, Jamaica, 174. The branched Caleloe [Solanum nodiflorum] … The negroes make use of it every day almost in the year. Ibid., 232. Spanish Calaloe [Phytolacca octandra]. Ibid., 340. The prickly Calaloo [Amarantus spinosus] … used as a green, when the more valuable sorts are scarce.
1884. Miller, Plant-n., Calalu.
