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lic⋅o⋅rice

  [lik-er-ish, lik-rish, lik-uh-ris]
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–noun
1. a Eurasian plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, of the legume family.
2. the sweet-tasting, dried root of this plant or an extract made from it, used in medicine, confectionery, etc.
3. a candy flavored with licorice root.
4. any of various related or similar plants.
Also, liquorice.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME lycorys < AF < VL *liquiritia for L glycyrrhiza < Gk glykýrriza sweetroot (plant), equiv. to glyký(s) sweet + rhíza root 1 ; see -ia
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lic·o·rice   (lĭk'ər-ĭs, -ĭsh)   
n.  

    1. A Mediterranean perennial plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) having blue flowers, pinnately compound leaves, and a sweet, distinctively flavored root.

    2. The root of this plant, used as a flavoring in candy, liqueurs, tobacco, and medicines.

    3. A confection made from or flavored with the licorice root.

  2. Any of various similar plants.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin liquirītia, alteration (influenced by Latin liquēre, to flow) of Latin glycyrrhiza, root of licorice, from Greek glukurrhiza : glukus, sweet + rhiza, root; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

licorice 
c.1205, from Anglo-Fr. lycoryc, from O.Fr. licorece, from L.L. liquiritia, alteration of L. glychyrrhiza, from Gk. glykyrrhiza, lit. "sweet root," from glykys "sweet" + rhiza "root;" form influenced in L. by liquere "become fluid," associated by the method of extracting the sweet stuff from the root. Fr. réglisse, It. regolizia are the same word, with metathesis of -l- and -r-.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lic·o·rice
Variant: or chiefly British li·quo·rice /'lik(-&)-rish, -r&s/
Function: noun
1 : a European leguminous plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra) with pinnate leaves and spikes of blue flowers
2 a : GLYCYRRHIZA 2 b : an extract of glycyrrhiza commonly prepared in the form of a gummy or rubbery paste
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