"sweetroot" meaning in All languages combined

See sweetroot on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: sweetroots [plural]
Etymology: sweet + root Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sweet|root}} sweet + root Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sweetroot (countable and uncountable, plural sweetroots)
  1. liquorice Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Legumes
    Sense id: en-sweetroot-en-noun-~gv1zo0l Disambiguation of Legumes: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 84 16
  2. western sweet cicely, western sweetroot (Osmorhiza occidentalis) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Scandiceae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-sweetroot-en-noun-wMvWC39Q Disambiguation of Scandiceae tribe plants: 39 61

Inflected forms

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