WILD LIQUORICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wild liquorice mean? 

• WILD LIQUORICE (noun)
  The noun WILD LIQUORICE has 2 senses:

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

2. European perennial

  Familiarity information: WILD LIQUORICE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WILD LIQUORICE (noun)

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 ("wild 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 ("wild liquorice" is a member of...):

genus Glycyrrhiza; Glycyrrhiza (sticky perennial Eurasian herbs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

European perennial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Astragalus glycyphyllos; wild licorice; wild liquorice

Hypernyms ("wild liquorice" is a kind of...):

milk-vetch; milk vetch (any of various plants of the genus Astragalus)