liquorice
Americannoun
noun
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a perennial Mediterranean leguminous shrub, Glycyrrhiza glabra, having spikes of pale blue flowers and flat red-brown pods
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the dried root of this plant, used as a laxative and in confectionery
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a sweet having a liquorice flavour
Etymology
Origin of liquorice
C13: via Anglo-Norman and Old French from Late Latin liquirītia, from Latin glycyrrhīza, from Greek glukurrhiza, from glukus sweet + rhiza root
Example Sentences
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He refused to comment to the PA news agency, saying he was busy eating a liquorice sweet.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024
The Linköping University study is the first to have carefully measured the amount of glycyrrhizic acid in the liquorice that was tested, while being randomised and having a control group.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024
However, it is known that eating liquorice can also raise blood pressure.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024
A study by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, now shows that even small amounts of liquorice raise blood pressure.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024
You sucked the sherbet up through the straw and when it was finished you ate the liquorice.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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