lemongrass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of various species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon, especially Cymbopogon citratus, which have a lemon-like taste and aroma, and are used in cooking, for tea, and for fragrance.
  2. Sourgrass (Oxalis pes-caprae).

Pronunciation

En-us-lemongrass.ogg

Word forms

lemongrass lemongrasses

Etymology

From lemon + grass.

Derived words

lemongrass cone
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.