licorice root
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English
Alternative forms
- liquorice root (UK)
Noun
licorice root (countable and uncountable, plural licorice roots)
- (US) The root of the liquorice plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, from which a sweet flavoring with an anise scent is extracted.
- Any of several other species of plants whose roots have a similar aroma and taste.
- Glycyrrhiza, especially Glycyrrhiza lepidota (American licorice)
- Species of Ligusticum:
- Ligusticum grayi (Gray's licorice root)
- Ligusticum apiifolium (celery-leaf licorice root)
- Ligusticum californicum (California licorice root)
- Ligusticum canadense (Canadian licorice root)
- Ligusticum canbyi (Canby's licorice root)
- Ligusticum filicinum (fernleaf licorice root)
- Ligusticum calderi (Calder's licorice root)
- Ligusticum porteri (Porter's licorice root)
- Ligusticum tenuifolium (Idaho licorice root)
- Ligusticum verticillatum (northern licorice root
- Osmorhiza longistylis (aniseroot)