lemon grass

2 definitions found

lemon grass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lemon \Lem"on\ (l[e^]m"[u^]n), n. [F. limon, Per. l[imac]m[=u]n;
     cf. Ar. laim[=u]n, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf. Lime a
     fruit.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. (Bot.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange,
        and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is
        produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the
        common fruit known in commerce being that of the species
        Citrus Limonum or Citrus Medica (var. Limonum). There
        are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Lemon grass (Bot.), a fragrant East Indian grass
        (Andropogon Sh[oe]nanthus, and perhaps other allied
        species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery.
  
     Lemon sole (Zool.), a yellow European sole (Solea  aurantiaca
        ).
  
     Salts of lemon (Chem.), a white crystalline substance,
        inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium
        oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the
        characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also salts of  sorrel
        . It is used in removing ink stains. See Oxalic  acid
        , under Oxalic. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]

lemon grass - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lemon grass
      n 1: an aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used
           in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines [syn:
           lemongrass, lemon grass, lemongrass oil]
      2: a tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka [syn:
         lemongrass, lemon grass]