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sweetroot

sweetroot

7.0
A plant with a sweet root that people use to add taste or make medicine
  • noun
  • /ˈswitˌrut/
translation icon : raíz dulce
  • The herbalist recommended sweetroot for its natural sweetness in teas and remedies.

Examples

  • Many traditional recipes use sweetroot to add flavor without refined sugar.

  • She identified the wild plant as sweetroot by its distinctive aroma and taste.

  • I love the taste of sweetroot in my tea.

  • Have you ever tried sweetroot extract?

  • The herbalist recommended sweetroot for its natural sweetness in teas and remedies.

  • Many traditional recipes use sweetroot to add flavor without refined sugar.

  • She identified the wild plant as sweetroot by its distinctive aroma and taste.

Synonyms

licorice root
vssweetroot
  • US
1 3.9

A plant root used to add a sweet, slightly bitter flavor to candies, drinks, and medicine

is the whole plant that has a sweet-tasting root used for flavoring or medicine
wild licorice
vssweetroot
7.5

A plant with sweet roots that flavor food and help with coughs

is the broader term for plants with sweet roots used for flavoring or medicine
sweet cicely
vssweetroot
  • UK
9.9

A European garden herb with fern-like leaves, white flowers and a sweet aniseed taste

focuses on plants prized for their sweet roots used in flavoring or medicine

How Sweet

licorice root
  • US
1 3.9
sweetroot
7.0
sweet cicely
  • UK
9.9

Surface Forms

sweetroot singular
sweetroots plural

Morphology

sweetroot = sweet + root (transparent) = sweet + root

The compound combines two common words 'sweet' and 'root' and the meaning (a plant with a sweet-tasting root) follows directly from those components.

Etymology

Sweetroot comes from two plain English words: sweet ('pleasant and sugary') and root ('the part of a plant that grows under the ground'). It names plants like licorice whose root tastes sweet and is used for flavor or medicine, so the name tells you exactly what it is.