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Definition of American licorice
1. Noun. North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Glycyrrhiza, Glycyrrhiza
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Licorice
Literary usage of American licorice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"... oil 0.03 per cent.; mannit; considerable starch and calcium oxal- ate chiefly
in crystal fibers. ALLIED PLANTS.—The root of wild or American licorice. ..."
2. A Text-book of botany and pharmacognosy by Henry Kraemer (1908)
"... oil 0.03 per cent.; mannit; considerable starch and calcium oxal- ate chiefly
in crystal fibers. ALLIED PLANTS.—The root of wild or American licorice. ..."
3. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"The root of wild or American licorice. Glycyrrhiza lepidota, a perennial herb
indigenous to western North America, is somewhat similar to Spanish licorice. ..."
4. Persian Miniatures by Harrison Griswold Dwight (1917)
"... the fat German who had left no stone unturned to find out where I was going
and why, and an English agent of the American licorice Company. ..."
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