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Definition of Licorice fern

Licorice fern
Licorice Lic"o*rice (l[i^]k"[-o]*r[i^]s), n. [OE. licoris, through old French, fr. L. liquiritia, corrupted fr. glycyrrhiza, Gr. glyky`rriza; glyky`s sweet + "ri`za root. Cf. Glycerin, Glycyrrhiza, Wort.] [Written also liquorice.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions. 2. The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes. Licorice fern (Bot.), a name of several kinds of polypody which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor. Licorice sugar. (Chem.) See Glycyrrhizin. Licorice weed (Bot.), the tropical plant Scapania dulcis. Mountain licorice (Bot.), a kind of clover (Trifolium alpinum), found in the Alps. It has large purplish flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock. Wild licorice. (Bot.) (a) The North American perennial herb Glycyrrhiza lepidota. (b) Certain broad-leaved cleavers (Galium circ[ae]zans and G. lanceolatum). (c) The leguminous climber Abrus precatorius, whose scarlet and black seeds are called black-eyed Susans. Its roots are used as a substitute for those of true licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra).

Meaning of Licorice fern from wikipedia

- Polypodium glycyrrhiza, commonly known as licorice fern, many-footed fern, and sweet root, is a summer deciduous fern native to western North America, where...
- Guanches to make gofio in the Canary Islands. Ferns are generally not known to be poisonous to humans. Licorice fern rhizomes were chewed by the natives of the...
- Sound, the bark is often covered with epiphytes such as club moss and licorice fern. Older trees suffer from heart rot. Cultivars are plants sourced and/or...
- Klamath fawn lily Klamath sedge Lady fern Leafy fleabane Leiberg's clover Lemon balm Lewis' mock-orange Licorice fern Little false Solomon seal MacFarlane's...
- Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Chinese licorice Polypodium glycyrrhiza, liquorice fern All pages with titles containing "licorice" or "liquorice" This disambiguation...
- fraternum Schltdl. & Cham. Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C.Eaton licorice fern, many-footed fern, and sweet root Polypodium haitiense Urb. Polypodium × hemipin–natum...
- Dicentra formosa — Pacific bleeding heart Polypodium glycyrrhiza — licorice fern Actaea rubra ― baneberry Anemone deltoidea ― three-leaved anemone, Pacific...
- is sometimes applied to the Polypodium virginianum (rock polypody). Licorice fern is also known as Polypodium glycyrrhiza. Map "Appendix one: Invasive...
- while the vegetative parts were boiled into a tea, sometimes with licorice fern and Labrador tea. The tea was used to soothe colds, the flu, smallpox...
- covered in ferns—California maidenhair, deer fern, California polypody, licorice fern, and western swordfern. The ancestors of some of these ferns reach back...