Word Type

Noun

The word "licorice" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

grocery store

Derived Terms

Indian licorice black licorice deglycyrrhizinated licorice licorice allsorts licorice extract licorice milkvetch licorice mint licorice pizza licorice root licorice stick licorice wheel licoricey liquorice allsorts red licorice salty licorice wild licorice

Etymologically Related To

glucose rhizome

Inflected/Variant Forms

liquorice

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

candy confect herb herbaceous plant

Type Of (IsA)

candy herb sweet

Related Terms

Pontefract cake allsorts crab's eye rosary pea sambuca

Related Terms

allsorts black candy colour crab’s eye extract glycyrrhiza glabra licorice root plant pontefract cake rosary pea sambuca

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.