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 properties American licorice, American liquorice, Glycyrrhiza lepidota, wild licorice herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Glycyrrhiza, Glycyrrhiza - sticky perennial Eurasian herbs
	2.	wild liquorice - European perennial       Astragalus glycyphyllos, wild licorice milk vetch, milk-vetch - any of various plants of the genus Astragalus

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