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GLYCYRRHIZA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sticky perennial Eurasian herbs
Synonyms:
genus Glycyrrhiza; Glycyrrhiza
Classified under:
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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