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Word: Liquorice
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French licoresse, from late Latin liquiritia, from Greek glukurrhiza, from glukus ‘sweet’ + rhiza ‘root’
ˈlɪk(ə)rɪʃ
ˈlɪk(ə)rɪs
a sweet, chewy, aromatic black substance made by evaporation from the juice of a root and used as a sweet and in medicine.
Short Definition:sweet, chewy, aromatic black substance
the widely distributed plant of the pea family from which liquorice is obtained.
Short Definition:plant from which liquorice is obtained
- licorice
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