American licorice vs Glycyrrhiza lepidota

American licorice and Glycyrrhiza lepidota both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
American licorice	Yes	No	No	No
Glycyrrhiza lepidota	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, American licorice and Glycyrrhiza lepidota are synonyms defined as:

American licorice and Glycyrrhiza lepidota: North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties

Other synonyms of American licorice include American liquorice, wild licorice, wild liquorice.

American licorice (noun)	Glycyrrhiza lepidota (noun)
North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties	North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties