liquorice

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

/ ˈlɪk ə rɪʃ, ˈlɪk rɪʃ, ˈlɪk ər ɪs /

licorice.

Words nearby liquorice

William pressed into one of his hands a stick of liquorice and into the other a packet of chocolate.

Just William |Richmal Crompton
These are made of the purest refined juice or extract of liquorice, and have long been esteemed as a demulcent.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley
Its root is sweetish and mucilaginous, and is used as a substitute for liquorice (Indian liquorice).

The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 |Various
No word had been spoken by Mr. Zancig after my wife had whispered the word "Liquorice."

Telepathy |W. W. Baggally

Why, I'll tell you, the liquorice is all gone, and he won't order any more.

Poor Jack |Frederick Marryat

liquorice

/ (ˈlɪkərɪs, -ərɪʃ) /

a perennial Mediterranean leguminous shrub, Glycyrrhiza glabra, having spikes of pale blue flowers and flat red-brown pods

the dried root of this plant, used as a laxative and in confectionery

a sweet having a liquorice flavour

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