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liquorice

[lik-uh-rish, lik-rish, lik-er-is]
noun
  1. licorice.
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Historical Examples of liquorice

  • No word had been spoken by Mr. Zancig after my wife had whispered the word "Liquorice."

    Telepathy

    W. W. Baggally

  • But the husbandman said, with a sour look, "It's like liquorice syrup."

    Bouvard and Pcuchet

    Gustave Flaubert

  • Saffron and liquorice are in this case more hurtful than useful.

  • From extract of liquorice and gum Arabic, of each 11⁄2 oz.; sugar, 17 oz.

  • Myrrh mixture is sometimes substituted for decoction of liquorice.

British Dictionary definitions for liquorice

liquorice

US and Canadian licorice

noun
  1. a perennial Mediterranean leguminous shrub, Glycyrrhiza glabra, having spikes of pale blue flowers and flat red-brown pods
  2. the dried root of this plant, used as a laxative and in confectionery
  3. a sweet having a liquorice flavour
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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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Word Origin and History for liquorice

n.

chiefly British alternative spelling of licorice.

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