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lemongrasses

lemongrasses is the plural of lemongrass.

Meaning of lemongrass

Noun

lemongrass (usually uncountable, plural lemongrasses)

  1. (usually) 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.
    • You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with...2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN, page 192
  2. (US, colloquial, usually) Sourgrass (Oxalis pes-caprae).

Questions about lemongrasses

What is lemongrasses the plural of?
Lemongrasses is the plural of lemongrass.

Words near lemongrasses in the dictionary

  1. lemoned
  2. lemonene
  3. lemonfish
  4. lemonfishes
  5. lemongrass
  6. lemongrasses
  7. lemonier
  8. lemoniest
  9. lemoniid
  10. lemoniids
  11. lemonime

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