"lemongrass" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-lemongrass.ogg [US] Forms: lemongrasses [plural]
Etymology: lemon + grass Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lemon|grass}} lemon + grass Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} lemongrass (usually uncountable, plural lemongrasses)
  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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Herbs, Oxalidales order plants Translations (Cymbopogon citratus): лимонова трева (limonova treva) [feminine] (Bulgarian), harilik sidrunhein (Estonian), intiansitrusheinä (Finnish), västindiskt citrongräs [neuter] (Swedish) Translations (species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon): إِذْخِر (ʔiḏḵir) [masculine] (Arabic), গান্ধবিৰিণা (gandhobirina) (Assamese), গন্ধবিৰিণা (gondhobirina) (Assamese), sarai (Brunei Malay), စပါးလင် (ca.pa:lang) (Burmese), herba llimona [feminine] (Catalan), sarai (Central Melanau), 香茅 (hoeng¹ maau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 香茅 (xiāngmáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 檸檬草 (Chinese Mandarin), 柠檬草 (níngméngcǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 檸檬香茅 (Chinese Mandarin), 柠檬香茅 (níngméng xiāngmáo) (Chinese Mandarin), citrongræs [neuter] (Danish), citroengras [neuter] (Dutch), ཧུམ་ཅུང་རྩྭ་ (hum cung rtswa) (Dzongkha), citronherbo (Esperanto), coboi (Fijian), bucago (Fijian), bucavu (Fijian), irabo (Fijian), sitruunaruoho (Finnish), sitrusheinä (Finnish), citronnelle [feminine] (French), herbe citron [feminine] (French), schénanthe [feminine] (French), Zitronengras [neuter] (German), Lemongras [neuter] (German), lūkini (Hawaiian), lāpine (Hawaiian), serai (Indonesian), ซิงไค (Isan), citronella [feminine] (Italian), レモングラス (remongurasu) (Japanese), ಮಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ಹುಲ್ಲು (majjige hullu) (Kannada), គ្រៃ (krɨy) (Khmer), ស្លឹកគ្រៃ (slək krɨy) (Khmer), 레몬그래스 (remon'geuraeseu) (Korean), ສິງໄຄ (english: sing khai) (Lao), serai (Malay), tā rēmana (Maori), վաղամեռուկ (vałameṙuk) (Old Armenian), palczatka cytrynowa [feminine] (Polish), capim-limão [masculine] (Portuguese), erva-do-príncipe [feminine] (Portuguese), citronelă [feminine] (Romanian), лимо́нное со́рго (limónnoje sórgo) [neuter] (Russian), цимбопого́н (cimbopogón) [masculine] (Russian), лимо́нная трава́ (limónnaja travá) [feminine] (Russian), цитроне́лла (citronɛ́lla) [feminine] (Russian), moegalo (Samoan), ၶႃးႁွမ် (kháa hǎum) (Shan), limonska trava [feminine] (Slovene), ไคร (Southern Thai), té de limón [masculine] (Spanish), caña de limón [feminine] (Spanish), zacate de limón [masculine] (Spanish), hierbaluisa [feminine] (Spanish), mchaichai (Swahili), citrongräs [neuter] (Swedish), tanglad (Tagalog), tanlad (Tagalog), nugo (Tagalog), sāi (Tausug), నిమ్మగడ్డి (nimmagaḍḍi) (Telugu), ตะไคร้ (dtà-krái) (Thai), moengalo (Tongan), sả (Vietnamese), sarei (West Coast Bajau), umqungu (Xhosa)
    Sense id: en-lemongrass-en-noun-pwy1pTCb Disambiguation of Spices and herbs: 58 42 Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 68 32 Disambiguation of Herbs: 53 47 Disambiguation of Oxalidales order plants: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'Cymbopogon citratus': 88 12 Disambiguation of 'species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon': 94 6
  2. (colloquial, US) Sourgrass, Oxalis pes-caprae. Tags: US, colloquial, uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Herbs, Oxalidales order plants
    Sense id: en-lemongrass-en-noun-sU8aAZ3H Disambiguation of Herbs: 53 47 Disambiguation of Oxalidales order plants: 47 53 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sourgrass, citronella grass, citronella

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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon",
      "word": "sả"
    },
    {
      "code": "bdr",
      "lang": "West Coast Bajau",
      "sense": "species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon",
      "word": "sarei"
    },
    {
      "code": "xh",
      "lang": "Xhosa",
      "sense": "species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon",
      "word": "umqungu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "limonova treva",
      "sense": "Cymbopogon citratus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лимонова трева"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Cymbopogon citratus",
      "word": "harilik sidrunhein"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Cymbopogon citratus",
      "word": "intiansitrusheinä"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Cymbopogon citratus",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "västindiskt citrongräs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lemongrass"
}

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