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Waterleaf vs Lemongrass - What's the difference?

waterleaf | lemongrass |

As nouns the difference between waterleaf and lemongrass

is that waterleaf is (botany) any plant of the genus while lemongrass is one of various species of grass of the genus cymbopogon , which have a lemon-like taste and aroma, and are used as herbs.

waterleaf

English

(wikipedia waterleaf)

Alternative forms

*water-leaf

Noun

(Hydrophyllum) (Hydrophyllaceae) (Talinum fruticosum) (waterleaves)
  • (botany) Any plant of the genus .
  • (botany) Any plant of , the waterleaf family.
  • A tropical plant (), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable.
  • (architecture) A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture
  • (paper technology) An absorbent unsized paper like blotters as opposed to slake-sized or hard sized papers.

    • Synonyms

    *(tropical plant the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable ): (cariru), (Ceylon spinach), (Florida spinach), (Lagos bologi), (potherb fameflower), (Philippine spinach), (Surinam purslane), sweetheart

    Derived terms

    * (ballhead waterleaf), (ball-headed waterleaf) * (blunt-leaf waterleaf), (bluntleaf waterleaf) * (vern, Brown's waterleaf) * (dwarf waterleaf) * (vern, Fendler's waterleaf) * (great waterleaf) * (largeleaf waterleaf) * (Pacific waterleaf) * (Virginia waterleaf) * (waterleaf capital) * (western waterleaf)

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    lemongrass

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • One of various species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon , which have a lemon-like taste and aroma, and are used as herbs.
  • (colloquial, US) Sourgrass, .

    • See also

    * sourgrass * citronella grass

    See also

    * citronella * (Cymbopogon) * (Cymbopogon)