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licorice

Syllabification: (lic·o·rice)

(British liquorice)

Definition of licorice

1a sweet, chewy, aromatic black substance made by evaporation from the juice of a root and used as a candy and in medicine.
a candy flavored with licorice: [as modifier]:licorice gumdrops

2the widely distributed plant of the pea family from which licorice is obtained.
- Genus Glycyrrhiza, family Leguminosae; many species are used locally to obtain licorice, the chief commercial source being the cultivated G. glabra

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French licoresse, from late Latin liquiritia, from Greek glukurrhiza, from glukus 'sweet' + rhiza 'root'

Remember that the ending of licorice is spelled -ice.

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