Wild Liquorice or Wild Licorice typically refers to any of three plants:
:*Liquorice Milk-vetch, a European species "
but "may" also refer to other members of the Liquorice
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wild liquorice — noun 1. North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties • Syn: ↑wild licorice, ↑American licorice, ↑American liquorice, ↑Glycyrrhiza lepidota • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant … Useful english dictionary
Wild liquorice (disambiguation) — Wild liquorice may refer to:* Aralia nudicaulis, Wild Sarsaparilla, an eastern North American flowering plant * Astragalus glycyphyllos, Licorice milkvetch, a European flowering plant … Wikipedia
wild licorice — noun 1. North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties • Syn: ↑wild liquorice, ↑American licorice, ↑American liquorice, ↑Glycyrrhiza lepidota • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant … Useful english dictionary
liquorice — Licorice Lic o*rice (l[i^]k [ o]*r[i^]s), n. [OE. licoris, through old French, fr. L. liquiritia, corrupted fr. glycyrrhiza, Gr. glyky rriza; glyky s sweet + ri za root. Cf. {Glycerin}, {Glycyrrhiza}, {Wort}.] [Written also {liquorice}.] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wild licorice — Licorice Lic o*rice (l[i^]k [ o]*r[i^]s), n. [OE. licoris, through old French, fr. L. liquiritia, corrupted fr. glycyrrhiza, Gr. glyky rriza; glyky s sweet + ri za root. Cf. {Glycerin}, {Glycyrrhiza}, {Wort}.] [Written also {liquorice}.] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
American liquorice — noun North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties • Syn: ↑wild licorice, ↑wild liquorice, ↑American licorice, ↑Glycyrrhiza lepidota • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant … Useful english dictionary
herbaceous plant — noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests • Syn: ↑herb • Derivationally related forms: ↑herbal (for: ↑herb) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Glycyrrhiza — noun sticky perennial Eurasian herbs • Syn: ↑Glycyrrhiza • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Glycyrrhiza — noun sticky perennial Eurasian herbs • Syn: ↑genus Glycyrrhiza • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
American licorice — noun North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties • Syn: ↑wild licorice, ↑wild liquorice, ↑American liquorice, ↑Glycyrrhiza lepidota • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant … Useful english dictionary
