Found 2 items, similar to licorice fern.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: licorice fern licorice fern n : fern having rootstock of a sweetish flavor [syn: Polypodium glycyrrhiza ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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 (Glycyrrhiza glabra ), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions. [1913 Webster] 2. The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes. [1913 Webster] 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 Galium 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). [1913 Webster]