noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   UK, Ireland, India, and South Africa standard spelling of licorice. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant wordnet
3. 3
   deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

glycyrrhiza glabralicoricelicoricesugarallie

Example

More examples

"One stiver would get you five liquorice roots, so every guilder would get you sixty!"

Etymology

From licorice by association with liquor.

Related phrases

Indian licoriceIndian liquoriceblack liquoricedeglycyrrhizinated liquoricelicorice allsortslicorice extractlicorice rootliquorice allsortliquorice allsortsliquorice extractliquorice rootliquorice stick

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