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lemongrass

lemongrass

English

Lemongrass growing

Prepared lemongrass

Noun

lemongrass ‎(usually uncountable, plural lemongrasses)

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.
(colloquial, US) Sourgrass, Oxalis pes-caprae.

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Translations

species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon

Arabic:
Central Melanau: sarai
Chinese:

Cantonese: 香茅 ‎(hoeng¹ maau⁴)

Mandarin: 香茅 (zh) ‎(xiāngmáo), 檸檬草, 柠檬草 ‎(níngméngcǎo), 檸檬香茅, 柠檬香茅 ‎(níngméng xiāngmáo)
Finnish: sitruunaruoho, sitrusheinä
French: citronnelle (fr) f, herbe citron f, schénanthe f
German: Zitronengras (de) n, Lemongras n
Indonesian: serai (id)
Italian: citronella f
Japanese: レモングラス ‎(remongurasu)
Korean: 레몬그래스 ‎(remongeuraeseu)

Lao: ຫົວສິງໄຄ (lo) ‎(hūa sing khai)
Malay: serai
Portuguese: capim-limão m
Russian: лимо́нное со́рго n ‎(limónnoje sórgo), цимбопого́н (ru) m ‎(cimbopogón), лимо́нная трава́ f ‎(limónnaja travá), цитроне́лла f ‎(citronɛ́lla)
Slovene: limonska trava f
Spanish: té de limón m, caña de limón f, zacate de limón m, hierbaluisa f
Swedish: citrongräs n
Tagalog: tanglad, tanlad, nugo
Telugu: నిమ్మగడ్డి (te) ‎(nimmagaḍḍi)
Thai: ตะไคร้ ‎(takhrai)
Vietnamese: sả (vi)
West Coast Bajau: sarei

See also

citronella
Cymbopogon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cymbopogon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Spanish

Noun

lemongrass m ‎(uncountable)

lemongrass

Synonyms

hierba de limón
hierbaluisa
limonaria
cedrón
paja cedrón
malojillo