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Scapania dulcis
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).

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- Scapania apiculata Spruce Scapania aspera M. Bernet & Bernet Scapania brevicaulis Taylor 1846 Scapania calcicola (Arnell & J. Pers.) Ingham Scapania compacta...
- Scapania sphaerifera is a species of plants in the family Scapaniaceae. It is endemic to Russia, and was first described in 1936 in Murmansk. Its natural...
- Scapania curta is a species of liverwort belonging to the family Scapaniaceae. It is native to the Northern Hemisphere. "Scapania curta (Mart.) Dumort"...
- Scapania paludicola is a species of liverwort belonging to the family Scapaniaceae. It is native to the Northern Hemisphere. "Scapania paludicola Loeske...
- also detected in the liverworts Marchantia polymorpha, Riccia duplex, and Scapania undulata. The stability of anthocyanidins is dependent on pH. At a low...
- Scapania americana Scapania apiculata Scapania brevicaulis Scapania carinthiaca Scapania cr****iretis Scapania curta Scapania cuspiduligera Scapania degenii...
- censimento, 1897 – Le specie italiane del genere Scapania, 1900 – Italian species of the genus Scapania. Contribuzione alla micologia Veronese. Memorie...
- acicularis, Dicranum howellii, Pogonatum urnigerum, Polytrichastrum alpinum, Scapania americana, Plagiothecium piliferum, Philonotis capillaris, Pellia epiphylla...
- and Trapelia coarctata, as well as the mosses Racomitrium aciculare and Scapania undulata. List of Verrucaria species "Verrucaria nodosa Orange". Catalogue...
- moneywort (Sibthorpia europaea) and a liverwort known as bog earwort (Scapania paludicola). "Llantrisant Common And Pastures Site Of Special Scientific...