Liquorice Definition

likəris, likərizh
noun

Licorice.

Webster's New World

(countable) A leguminous plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, from which a sweet black liquor is extracted and used as a confection or candy and in medicine.

Wiktionary

(uncountable) A type of confection made from liquorice extract.

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Other Word Forms of Liquorice

Noun

Singular:
liquorice
Plural:
liquorices

Origin of Liquorice

  • From Old French licoresse, from Late Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukurrhiza, “sweet root").

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Liquorice Sentence Examples

  • Sumach, liquorice and madder are also grown in the south.

  • Liquorice was largely grown as early as 1700-1701, when the corporation prohibited the sale of buds or sets of the plant.

  • Endless masses of tall weeds, belonging to a few species, cover the face of the country - large Cruciferae, Cynareae and Umbelliferae - also large quantities of liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra and echinata) and Lagonychium, and the white ears of the Imperata.

  • Liquorice also is collected and exported.

  • The most important vegetable productions are - cereals, cotton, gum tragacanth, liquorice, olive oil, opium, rice, saffron, salep, tobacco and yellow berries.

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Words Starting With

LLILIQ

Words Ending With

ECEICE

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liquorice

Words Starting With L and Ending With E

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With L9 Letter Words Ending With E