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liquorice

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

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. a variant of licorice.

liquorice

/ -ərɪʃ; ˈlɪkərɪs /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of liquorice1

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

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