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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: licorice
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: licorice
licorice
n 1: 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 [syn:
liquorice,
Glycyrrhiza glabra
]
2: a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice
plant [syn:
liquorice]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Licorice
Licorice
\Lic"o*rice\ (l[i^]k"[-o]*r[i^]s), n. [OE. licoris,
through old French, fr. L. liquiritia, corrupted fr.
glycyrrhiza, Gr. glyky`rriza; glyky`s sweet + "ri`za root.
Cf.
Glycerin,
Glycyrrhiza,
Wort.] [Written also
liquorice.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus
Glycyrrhiza (
Glycyrrhiza glabra
), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice,
and is much used in demulcent compositions.
[1913 Webster]
2. The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a
confection and for medicinal purposes.
[1913 Webster]
Licorice fern (Bot.), a name of several kinds of polypody
which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor.
Licorice sugar. (Chem.) See
Glycyrrhizin.
Licorice weed (Bot.), the tropical plant
Scapania dulcis.
Mountain licorice (Bot.), a kind of clover (
Trifolium alpinum
), found in the Alps. It has large purplish
flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock.
Wild licorice. (Bot.)
(a) The North American perennial herb
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
.
(b) Certain broad-leaved cleavers (
Galium circ[ae]zans
and
Galium lanceolatum).
(c) The leguminous climber
Abrus precatorius, whose
scarlet and black seeds are called
black-eyed Susans
. Its roots are used as a substitute for those
of true licorice (
Glycyrrhiza glabra).
[1913 Webster]
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