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AMERICAN LIQUORICE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does American liquorice mean?
• AMERICAN LIQUORICE (noun)
The noun AMERICAN LIQUORICE has 1 sense:
1. North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties
Familiarity information: AMERICAN LIQUORICE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 liquorice" 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 liquorice" is a member of...):
genus Glycyrrhiza; Glycyrrhiza (sticky perennial Eurasian herbs)
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