lemongrass
lemongrass noun: 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.
Noun
lemongrass (usually uncountable, plural lemongrasses)
- 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.
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- Sourgrass (Oxalis pes-caprae).
lemongrass meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Gujarati
lemongrass in Tamil
- எலுமிச்சைப்புல்
lemongrass in Telugu
- species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- నిమ్మగడ్డి nimmagaḍḍi
lemongrass in Kannada
- species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- ಮಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ಹುಲ್ಲು majjige hullu
lemongrass in Gujarati
- lemongrass
- લીલી ચા līlī cā
More languagesFewer languages
- lemongrass in Assamese
- গান্ধবিৰিণা gandhobirina, গন্ধবিৰিণা gondhobirina
- lemongrass in Tagalog
- tanglad, tanlad, nugo, salay
- lemongrass in Arabic
- إِذْخِر ʔiḏḵir
- lemongrass in Malay
- serai
- lemongrass in Indonesian
- serai
- lemongrass in Thai
- ตะไคร้ dtà-krái
- lemongrass in Vietnamese
- sả
- lemongrass in Myanmar
- စပါးလင် ca.pa:lang
- Dzongkha
- ཧུམ་ཅུང་རྩྭ་ hum cung rtswa
Forms of lemongrass
| plural | lemongrasses |
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Origin of lemongrass
From lemon + grass.
Words formed from lemongrass
- lemongrass cone
Questions about lemongrass
- What does lemongrass mean?
- Lemongrass means 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.
- What is lemongrass in Tamil?
- Lemongrass in Tamil is எலுமிச்சைப்புல். See Lemongrass meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lemongrass?
- Lemongrass is a noun.
- What is the plural of lemongrass?
- The plural of lemongrass is lemongrasses.
Words near lemongrass in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lemongrass (page history and authors); lemongrass (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); લીલી ચા (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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