lemongrass

noun

a tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka

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

Roots

laymunlemon- · Arabic · citrus fruit græsgrass- · Old English · grass

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