liquorice

[ lik-uh-rish, lik-rish, lik-er-is ]

/ ˈlɪk ə rɪʃ, ˈlɪk rɪʃ, ˈlɪk ər ɪs /

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noun Chiefly British.

a variant of licorice.

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Words nearby liquorice

liquid storax, liquidus, liquid x, liquify, liquor, liquorice, liquorice allsorts, liquorish, liquor store, liquor up, lira

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How to use liquorice in a sentence

Icelanders, for example, have over two-dozen kinds of chocolate-covered liquorice, and the Japanese love their Cream Collon.
How to Get Cheaper Tickets, Live Like a Local, and Other Great Travel Hacks|Brandon Presser|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One branch of the local export trade to which we may refer is that in liquorice, a plant that grows wild freely on the plain.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
Honey and a strong infusion of liquorice boiled to a proper consistence.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
For internal use, an equal weight of liquorice root (sliced) is commonly added.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

Hufeland recommends the addition of a little liquorice root.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Make a strong tea of everlasting—strain, and put to a quart of it two ounces of figs or raisins, two of liquorice, cut in bits.
The American Housewife|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for liquorice

liquorice

US and Canadian licorice

/ (ˈlɪkərɪs, -ərɪʃ) /

noun

a perennial Mediterranean leguminous shrub, Glycyrrhiza glabra, having spikes of pale blue flowers and flat red-brown pods

the dried root of this plant, used as a laxative and in confectionery

a sweet having a liquorice flavour

Word Origin for liquorice

C13: via Anglo-Norman and Old French from Late Latin liquirītia, from Latin glycyrrhīza, from Greek glukurrhiza, from glukus sweet + rhiza root

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