Meanings
nounlemongrass (usually uncountable, plural lemongrasses)
plural lemongrasses
- uncountableusuallyOne 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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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 crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.
2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN, page 192 - UScolloquialuncountableusuallySourgrass (Oxalis pes-caprae).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines
Similar
lemon grasslemongrass oil
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic إِذْخِر
- إِذْخِر (ʔiḏḵir)species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Bulgarian лимонова трева
- лимонова трева (limonova treva)Cymbopogon citratus
Catalan herba llimona
- herba llimonaspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Chinese Cantonese 香茅
- 香茅 (hoeng¹ maau⁴)species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Chinese Mandarin 香茅, 檸檬草 /柠檬草
- 香茅 (xiāngmáo)species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- 檸檬草 /柠檬草 (níngméngcǎo)species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- 檸檬香茅 /柠檬香茅 (níngméng xiāngmáo)species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Danish citrongræs
- citrongræsspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Dutch citroengras
- citroengrasspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Esperanto citronherbo
- citronherbospecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Estonian harilik sidrunhein
- harilik sidrunheinCymbopogon citratus
Finnish sitruunaruoho, sitrusheinä
- sitruunaruohospecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- sitrusheinäspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- intiansitrusheinäCymbopogon citratus
French citronnelle, herbe citron
- citronnellespecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- herbe citronspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- schénanthespecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
German Zitronengras, Lemongras
- Zitronengrasspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- Lemongrasspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Hawaiian lūkini, lāpine
- lūkinispecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- lāpinespecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Indonesian serai
- seraispecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Italian citronella
- citronellaspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Japanese レモングラス
- レモングラス (remongurasu)species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Korean 레몬그래스
- 레몬그래스 (remon'geuraeseu)species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Malay serai
- seraispecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Māori tā rēmana
- tā rēmanaspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Polish palczatka, palczatka cytrynowa
- palczatkaspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- palczatka cytrynowaCymbopogon citratus
Portuguese capim-limão, erva-do-príncipe
- capim-limãospecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- erva-do-príncipespecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Romanian citronelă
- citronelăspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Russian лимо́нное со́рго, цимбопого́н
- лимо́нное со́рго (limónnoje sórgo)species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- цимбопого́н (cimbopogón)species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- лимо́нная трава́ (limónnaja travá)species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- цитроне́лла (citronɛ́lla)species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Spanish té de limón, caña de limón
- té de limónspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- caña de limónspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- zacate de limónspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- hierbaluisaspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Swahili mchaichai, mchaichai
- mchaichaispecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- mchaichaiCymbopogon citratus
Swedish citrongräs, västindiskt citrongräs
- citrongrässpecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- västindiskt citrongräsCymbopogon citratus
Tagalog tanglad, tanlad
- tangladspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- tanladspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- nugospecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
- salayspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Thai ตะไคร้
- ตะไคร้ (dtà-krái)species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Turkish Hint limon otu
- Hint limon otuspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
Vietnamese sả
- sảspecies of grass of the genus Cymbopogon
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