Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Glycyrrhizin

Glycyrrhizin , noun

[Compare French glycyrrhizine. See Glycyrrhiza.]

(Chemistry) A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste.