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.

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Meanings

noungrass jelly (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA 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.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 涼粉 /凉粉
  • 涼粉 /凉粉 (loeng⁴ fan²)jellylike dessert
Chinese Mandarin 涼粉 /凉粉, 仙草凍 /仙草冻
  • 涼粉 /凉粉 (liángfěn)jellylike dessert
  • 仙草凍 /仙草冻 (xiāncǎodòng)jellylike dessert
  • 仙草 (xiāncǎo)jellylike dessert
Finnish ruohohyytelö
  • ruohohyytelöjellylike dessert
Indonesian cincau
  • cincaujellylike dessert
Malay cincau
  • cincaujellylike dessert
Spanish jalea de hierba, chanchau
  • jalea de hierbajellylike dessert
  • chanchaujellylike dessert
Thai เฉาก๊วย
  • เฉาก๊วย (chǎo-gúai)jellylike dessert
Vietnamese sương sáo
  • sương sáojellylike dessert
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grass jelly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grass%20jelly.

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