LEMONGRASS OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lemongrass oil mean? 

• LEMONGRASS OIL (noun)
  The noun LEMONGRASS OIL has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: LEMONGRASS OIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEMONGRASS OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

lemon grass; lemongrass; lemongrass oil

Hypernyms ("lemongrass oil" is a kind of...):

oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

 Context examples 

East Indian lemongrass oil has antifungal activity.

(East Indian Lemongrass Oil, NCI Thesaurus)