GLYCYRRHIZA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Glycyrrhiza mean? 

• GLYCYRRHIZA (noun)
  The noun GLYCYRRHIZA has 1 sense:

1. sticky perennial Eurasian herbs

  Familiarity information: GLYCYRRHIZA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLYCYRRHIZA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sticky perennial Eurasian herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Glycyrrhiza; Glycyrrhiza

Hypernyms ("Glycyrrhiza" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Glycyrrhiza"):

Glycyrrhiza glabra; licorice; liquorice (deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots)

American licorice; American liquorice; Glycyrrhiza lepidota; wild licorice; wild liquorice (North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties)

Holonyms ("Glycyrrhiza" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)

 Context examples 

A substance prepared from dried roots of the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra.

(Licorice, NCI Dictionary)

The magnesium salt form of the saponin, isoglycyrrhizinate, a derivative of glycyrrhizic acid extracted from the roots of the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra, with potential anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities.

(Magnesium Isoglycyrrhizinate, NCI Thesaurus)

An herbal extract derived from the root of the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra with potential anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antineoplastic activities.

(Licorice, NCI Thesaurus)

The dried root of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a legume native to southern Europe and parts of Asia.

(Glycyrrhiza lepidota Root, NCI Thesaurus)

A product from Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Leguminosae with some antiallergic, antibacterial, and antiviral properties.

(Enoxolone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An oral traditional Chinese herbal formulation in powder form containing a spray dried aqueous extract from the herbs Scutellaria baicalensis, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Ziziphus jujuba and Paeonia lactiflora with potential immunomodulating and chemoprotective activities.

(Chinese Herbal Formulation PHY906, NCI Thesaurus)

The diammonium salt of glycyrrhizin and the active constituent in the traditional Chinese medicinal herb Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Chinese liquorice or Gan-Cao) with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and hepatoprotective properties.

(Diammonium Glycyrrhizinate, NCI Thesaurus)

PC-SPES, an herbal supplement containing extracts from 8 herbs including Chrysanthemum morifolium, Ganoderma lucidum (a root fungus), Glycyrrhiza glabra (Spanish liquorice), Isatis indigotica, Panax pseudoginseng, Rabdosia rubescens, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Serona repens (saw palmetto), with potential antineoplastic and antiproliferative effects, specifically in prostate cancer cells.

(PC-SPES, NCI Thesaurus)