"sweetroot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sweetroots [plural]
Etymology: From 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, Scandiceae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-sweetroot-en-noun-~gv1zo0l Disambiguation of Legumes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Scandiceae tribe plants: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31
  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: 52 48

Inflected forms

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