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LEMONGRASS OIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lemongrass oil mean?
• LEMONGRASS OIL (noun)
The noun LEMONGRASS OIL has 1 sense:
1. an aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines
Familiarity information: LEMONGRASS OIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 oil" is a kind of...):
oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
Context examples
East Indian lemongrass oil has antifungal activity.
(East Indian Lemongrass Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
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