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Definition of Glycyrrhiza lepidota
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 Glycyrrhiza Lepidota
Literary usage of Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Wild glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 480. 1814. Erect, branching, i°-3°
high, the foliage with minute scales or dots. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1887)
"I now remember there is a species of glycyrrhiza (lepidota) growing in the Southern
States. MR. CARRAWAY.—This subject has been spoken of by a writer on ..."
3. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"glycyrrhiza lepidota, a perennial herb indigenous to western North America, is
somewhat similar to Spanish licorice. It contains 6 per cent, of glycyrrhizin ..."
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