| 单词 | english liquorice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEnglish liquorice 3. Applied, with qualifying epithet, to various plants, the roots of which resemble or are used as substitutes for the true liquorice, as English liquorice, Indian liquorice, mountain liquorice, wild liquorice (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > plant used medicinally or as sweetmeat > [noun] > liquorice plant > plants resembling liquorice1548 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. H.iiij Regalicum..maye be called in englishe mocke Licores, because the leaues are lyke Licores. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique 6 E ij/1 Put to it as much of the fine Powder of Bole Armoniack and English Liquorish..as will make it up into a stiff Paste. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 317 Liquorice, Wild, Astragalus; Caperaria; Glycine. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 687/2 Wild liquorice, Abrus; also an American name for Galium circæzans. < as lemmas |
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