Definition of Licorice fern

1. Noun. Fern having rootstock of a sweetish flavor.

Exact synonyms: Polypodium Glycyrrhiza
Generic synonyms: Polypody

Lexicographical Neighbors of Licorice Fern

lickpots
licks
licks clean
licks out
licks up
lickspit
lickspits
lickspittle
lickspittles
lickt
licky
licodione 2'-O-methyltransferase
licorice
licorice extract
licorice fern (current term)
licorice root
licorice stick
licorices
licorine
licorous
licour
licours
lictor
lictorial
lictorian
lictors
lictour
licuala
licualas

Literary usage of Licorice fern

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Northwest Coast by James Gilchrist Swan (1857)
"... or sweet licorice fern, a parasite found on old logs and trees, is a most excellent alterative. This plant, which was sent by me to San Francisco to be ..."

2. Conservation and Development of Nontimber Forest Products in the Pacific edited by Bettina Von Hagen, James F. Weigand, Rebecca McLain, Roger Fight (1998)
"Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza), cascara (Frangula purshiana), Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), and western hemlock, ..."

3. The Mountain that was "God": Being a Little Book about the Great Peak which by John Harvey Williams (1911)
"The licorice fern often gains a foothold on the trees thus decorated, and grows luxuriantly, embedded in the deep growth of these plants. ..."

4. The Country about Camp Lewis by Morris Morgan Leighton (1918)
"The licorice fern grows in moss on tree trunks and rocks. It is only rarely that it grows in soil. Its leaves have cinnamon-colored '' fruit dots'' on their ..."

5. Tribes of the Extreme Northwest by William Healey Dall (1877)
"Sklu-elk, the licorice-fern. Sko, an expression denoting or bespeaking good will, friend; it seems also to denote connection. ..."

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