According to this site,
CORIANDER is Phoenician in origin.
As to being named after a shrub, it would have acquired a positive, if figurative, connotation (originally) if it was considered medicinal, an aphrodisiac or, perhaps, an ambrosia.
"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Ps. 127:4
JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah JosephThis message was edited 9/28/2014, 9:30 PM