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GLYCYRRHIZA

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

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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)

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