Definition of "lemongrass" []

• A tropical grass (Cymbopogon citratus) native to southern India and Sri Lanka, yielding an aromatic oil used as flavoring and in perfumery and medicine. (noun)

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• "(Unveiled over croissants: two front-loaders in lemongrass and blackberry and one top-loader in ginger.)"
• "I look for products that contain lemongrass oil and geraniol, these work quite well without that skincrawling feeling I get from Deet."
• "I don’t think so – I think that rigidly stating that the only truly authentic hot and sour soup in the world has duck blood in it and certainly not lemongrass is promoting food snobbery and is ultimately detrimental to the understanding that cuisines develop and grow over time."