蕗ろ草そう

noun

liquorice; licorice

Rare term for the liquorice plant (Glycyrrhiza). In modern Japanese, the plant is usually called 甘草 (かんぞう) or referred to by the katakana loanword リコリス.

• 古ふるい本ほん草ぞう書しょには「蕗ろ草そう」の名なで甘かん草ぞうが記き載さいされていることがある。

  In old herbal texts, liquorice is sometimes recorded under the name 蕗草.