lemon grass

lemon grass
noun
1. an aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines
• Syn: ↑lemongrass, ↑lemongrass oil
• Hypernyms: ↑oil
2. a tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka
• Syn: ↑lemongrass
• Hypernyms: ↑grass

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any of several lemon-scented grasses of the genus Cymbopogon, esp. C. citratus, of tropical regions, yielding lemon-grass oil.
[1830-40]

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lemon grass noun
A fragrant perennial grass (Cymbopogon or Andropogon) of tropical climates, smelling like lemon and yielding an essential oil
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Main Entry: ↑lemon

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lemon grass UK US noun [uncountable]
a plant similar to thick grass that is used in cooking to give a lemon flavour, especially in Southeast Asian meals
Thesaurus: herbs, spices and condimentshyponym types of food or drinkhypernym

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lemon grass, or lem|on|grass «LEHM uhn GRAS, -GRAHS», noun.
a cultivated perennial grass, the source of an essential oil, lemon grass oil, used especially in perfumes and flavorings for its strong scent of fresh lemon.

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ˈlemon grass [lemon grass] noun uncountable
a type of grass with a lemon flavour that grows in hot countries and is used especially in SE Asian cooking

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