wild liquorice

wild liquorice

n 1. (Plants) See milk vetch 2. (Cookery) another name for liquorice¹ 3. (Plants) a North American plant, Glycyrrhiza lepidota, that is related to true liquorice and has similar properties

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Noun

1.wild liquorice - North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar propertiesAmerican licorice, American liquorice, Glycyrrhiza lepidota, wild licoriceherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Glycyrrhiza, Glycyrrhiza - sticky perennial Eurasian herbs

2.wild liquorice - European perennial Astragalus glycyphyllos, wild licoricemilk vetch, milk-vetch - any of various plants of the genus Astragalus