Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sweet-flag.
- noun The licorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Licorice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany
liquorice
Etymologies
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sweet + root
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Examples
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Of course, the chunk of cured sweetroot he first offered to the horse did wonders to ingratiate the man to Mist.
Wit'ch Storm Clemens, James 1999
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"Had she used leaves or flowers from sweetroot, it would have meant she claimed a sweet nature.
The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993
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