licorice root

noun

The root of the liquorice plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, from which a sweet flavoring with an anise scent is extracted.

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nounlicorice root (countable and uncountable, plural licorice roots)

plural licorice roots · alternative liquorice root

  1. UScountableuncountableThe root of the liquorice plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, from which a sweet flavoring with an anise scent is extracted.
  2. Any of several other species of plants whose roots have a similar aroma and taste.
    1. countableuncountableGlycyrrhiza, especially Glycyrrhiza lepidota (American licorice)
    2. countableuncountableLigusticum grayi (Gray's licorice root)
    3. countableuncountableLigusticum apiifolium (celery-leaf licorice root)
    4. countableuncountableLigusticum californicum (California licorice root)
    5. countableuncountableLigusticum canadense (Canadian licorice root)
    6. countableuncountableLigusticum canbyi (Canby's licorice root)
    7. countableuncountableLigusticum filicinum (fernleaf licorice root)
    8. countableuncountableLigusticum calderi (Calder's licorice root)
    9. countableuncountableLigusticum porteri (Porter's licorice root)
    10. countableuncountableLigusticum tenuifolium (Idaho licorice root)
    11. countableuncountableLigusticum verticillatum (northern licorice root
    12. countableuncountableOsmorhiza longistylis (aniseroot)
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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