Licorice vs. Liquorice

Licoricenoun

(countable) The plant Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America the related American Licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.

Licoricenoun

(uncountable) A type of candy made from that plant's dried root or its extract.

Licoricenoun

A black colour, named after the licorice.

Licoricenoun

A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (Glycyrrhiza glabra), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions.

Licoricenoun

The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes.

Licoricenoun

deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots

Licoricenoun

a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant

Liquoricenoun

standard spelling of from=UK|from2=Ireland

Liquoricenoun

See Licorice.

Liquoricenoun

deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots

Liquoricenoun

a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant

Liquoricenoun

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

Liquoricenoun

a sweet flavoured with liquorice

Liquoricenoun

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

Liquorice

Liquorice (British English) or licorice (American English) ( LIK-ər-is(h), ) is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring can be extracted. The liquorice plant is a herbaceous perennial legume native to Western Asia, North Africa and southern Europe.