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We continued our way along the mountain, having found here a broad plainly-beaten trail, over what was apparently the shore of the lake in the spring; the ground being high and firm, and the soil excellent, and covered with vegetation, among which a leguminous plant (_glycyrrhiza lepidota_) was a characteristic plant.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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Beautiful clusters of the plant resembling _mirabilis jalapa_ were numerous, and _glycyrrhiza lepidota_ was a characteristic of the bottoms.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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The student should carefully distinguish the three words lickerish [tempting to the appetite, causing one to lick one's lips], liquorish (which is really meaningless) and liquorice (= licorice = Lat. glycyrrhiza), a plant with a sweet root.
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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Morborum internorum prope omnium curatio, certa methodo comprehensa, ex ... Marco Gatinaria 1554
lepidopteran commented on the word glycyrrhiza
...otherwise known as licorice, or specifically the plant genus that produces it.
February 3, 2008