AMERICAN LICORICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American licorice mean? 

• AMERICAN LICORICE (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN LICORICE has 1 sense:

1. North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN LICORICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN LICORICE (noun)

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Meaning:

North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American licorice; American liquorice; Glycyrrhiza lepidota; wild licorice; wild liquorice

Hypernyms ("American licorice" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("American licorice" is a member of...):

genus Glycyrrhiza; Glycyrrhiza (sticky perennial Eurasian herbs)