LEMONGRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lemongrass mean? 

• LEMONGRASS (noun)
  The noun LEMONGRASS has 2 senses:

1. an aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines

2. a tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka

  Familiarity information: LEMONGRASS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEMONGRASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

lemon grass; lemongrass; lemongrass oil

Hypernyms ("lemongrass" is a kind of...):

oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lemon grass; lemongrass

Hypernyms ("lemongrass" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

 Context examples 

East Indian lemongrass oil has antifungal activity.

(East Indian Lemongrass Oil, NCI Thesaurus)