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grass jelly

grass jelly noun: a jellylike dessert found in China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, made by boiling grass or leaves of a plant in the mint family (Platostoma palustre) with potassium carbonate, and then cooling the liquid to a jelly-like consistency.

grass jelly: a jellylike dessert found in China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, made by boiling grass or leaves of a...
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Noun

grass jelly (uncountable)

  1. A jellylike dessert found in China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, made by boiling grass or leaves of a plant in the mint family (Platostoma palustre) with potassium carbonate, and then cooling the liquid to a jelly-like consistency.

grass jelly meaning in Malay, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese

grass jelly in Malay

jellylike dessert
cincau

grass jelly in Indonesian

jellylike dessert
cincau

grass jelly in Thai

jellylike dessert
เฉาก๊วย chǎo-gúai

grass jelly in Vietnamese

jellylike dessert
sương sáo
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grass jelly in Myanmar
ကျောက်ကျော kyaukkyau:

Questions about grass jelly

What does grass jelly mean?
Grass jelly means a jellylike dessert found in China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, made by boiling grass or leaves of a plant in the mint family (Platostoma palustre) with potassium carbonate, and then cooling the liquid to a jelly-like consistency.
What is grass jelly in Malay?
Grass jelly in Malay is cincau. See Grass jelly meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is grass jelly?
Grass jelly is a noun.

Words near grass jelly in the dictionary

  1. grass grub
  2. grass grubs
  3. grass hand
  4. grass hands
  5. grass hockey
  6. grass jelly
  7. grass knot
  8. grass knots
  9. Grass Lake
  10. grass moon
  11. grass moons

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