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    GLYCYRRHIZA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Sticky perennial Eurasian herbsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Glycyrrhiza; Glycyrrhiza

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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