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sweetroot

sweetroot noun: liquorice.

Noun

sweetroot (countable and uncountable, plural sweetroots)

  1. liquorice
  2. western sweet cicely, western sweetroot (Osmorhiza occidentalis)
    • Like other members of this large family, sweetroot presents its tiny flowers in terminal, umbrella-shaped inflorescences that do little to assure us that the plant is not the deadly water hemlock (Cicula douglasii)1997, Gregory L. Tilford, Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West, Sweetroot, Osmorrhiza occidentalis, page 142
    • The plant is sometimes confused with Osmorhiza chilensis (western sweetroot), which often shares the same habitat. However, unlike red baneberry, sweetroot has a strong licorice-like odor.2009, Ray S. Vizgirdas, Edna M. Rey-Vizgirdas, Wild Plants of the Sierra Nevada, page 64

Forms of sweetroot

pluralsweetroots

Origin of sweetroot

From sweet + root.

Questions about sweetroot

What does sweetroot mean?
Sweetroot means liquorice.
What part of speech is sweetroot?
Sweetroot is a noun.
What is the plural of sweetroot?
The plural of sweetroot is sweetroots.

Words near sweetroot in the dictionary

  1. sweetniks
  2. sweetpea
  3. sweetpeas
  4. sweetpotato
  5. sweetpotatoes
  6. sweetroot
  7. sweetroots
  8. sweets
  9. Sweetser
  10. Sweetsers
  11. sweetshop

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