Glycyrrhizin

//ˌɡlɪs.ɪˈɹaɪ.zn̩// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A crystalline glycosidic acid, the main sweet-tasting compound from licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) root, thirty to fifty times as sweet as sucrose (table sugar). uncountable

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glycyrrhizic acidglycyrrhizic acidglycyrrhizinic acidglycyrrhizinic acid

Etymology

From glycyrrhiza (“licorice root”) + -in.

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