licorice : Idioms & Phrases

• noun North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties
  American licorice; American liquorice; wild liquorice; Glycyrrhiza lepidota.
  

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• noun fern having rootstock of a sweetish flavor
  Polypodium glycyrrhiza.
  

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• (Bot.), a name of several kinds of polypody which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor.

Webster 1913

• noun root of licorice used in flavoring e.g. candy and liqueurs and medicines
  

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• noun the ordinary clarinet with a middle range
  B-flat clarinet.
  

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• . (Chem.) See Glycyrrhizin.

Webster 1913

• (Bot.), the tropical plant Scapania aulcis.

Webster 1913

• (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium (T. Alpinum).
• (Bot.), a kind of clover (Trifolium alpinum), found in the Alps. It has large purplish flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock.

Webster 1913

• noun bedstraw with sweetish roots
  Galium lanceolatum.
  
• noun North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties
  American licorice; American liquorice; wild liquorice; Glycyrrhiza lepidota.
  
• noun European perennial
  wild liquorice; Astragalus glycyphyllos.
  

WordNet

• . (Bot.) (a) The North American perennial herb Glycyrrhiza lepidota. (b) Certain broad-leaved cleavers (Galium circæzans and G. lanceolatum). (c) The leguminous climber Abrus precatorius, whose scarlet and black seeds are called black-eyed Susans. Its roots are used as a substitute for those of true licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra).

Webster 1913