licorice

1 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 [syn: liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra]

2 a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant [syn: liquorice]

English

Pronunciation

• ˈlɪkəɹɪʃ or \lick-or-ish\; alternatively and less common: \lick-or-is\

Alternative spellings

• liquorice qualifier UK

Noun

1. A plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra or sometimes in North America the related American Licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota).
2. A type of candy made from this plant's extract.

Translations

*Chinese: 歐亞甘草, 欧亚甘草

• Dutch: zoethout , drop
• French: réglisse
• German: Süßholz , Lakritze
• Greek: γλυκόριζα
• Italian: liquirizia
• Korean: 감초
• Romanian: lemn dulce
• Russian: солодка , лакрица
• Spanish: regaliz

See also

• red licorice
• licorice allsorts
• allsorts
• licorice extract
• licorice root