[ˈlɪk(ə)rɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sweet, chewy, aromatic black substance made by evaporation from the juice of a root and used as a sweet and in medicine

- the widely distributed plant of the pea family from which liquorice is obtained


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