lemongrass

English

Lemongrass growing

Prepared lemongrass

Etymology

lemon +‎ grass

Pronunciation

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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.

Translations

species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Assamese: গান্ধবিৰিণা (gandhobirina), গন্ধবিৰিণা (gondhobirina)
Burmese: စပါးလင် (my) (ca.pa:lang)
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 (fi)
French: citronnelle (fr) f, herbe citron f, schénanthe (fr) 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) (hua-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
Swahili: mchaichai
Swedish: citrongräs n
Tagalog: tanglad, tanlad, nugo
Telugu: నిమ్మగడ్డి (te) (nimmagaḍḍi)
Thai: ตะไคร้ (dtà-krái)
Vietnamese: sả (vi)
West Coast Bajau: sarei

See also

See also

citronella

Further reading

Cymbopogon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cymbopogon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Spanish

Noun

lemongrass m (uncountable)

lemongrass

Synonyms

hierba de limón
hierbaluisa
limonaria
cedrón
paja cedrón
malojillo

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