WordNet
wild liquorice
n. North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties [syn: wild licorice, American licorice, American liquorice, Glycyrrhiza lepidota]
European perennial [syn: wild licorice, Astragalus glycyphyllos]
Wikipedia
Wild liquorice
Wild liquorice or wild licorice typically refers to any of three plants:
:* Liquorice milk-vetch, a European species Astragalus glycyphyllos
:* Small spikenard, a North American species Aralia nudicaulis
:* American licorice, a North American species Glycyrrhiza lepidota
but may also refer to other members of the liquorice genus Glycyrrhiza
Usage examples of "wild liquorice".
Up here where the snow hangs around six months of the year the ground is dotted with little Alpine flowers and yellow broom, in some places wild liquorice grows.