English

Alternative forms

• (North America) licorice

Noun

liquorice ‎(countable and uncountable, plural liquorices)

1. (countable) A leguminous plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, from which a sweet black liquor is extracted and used as a confection or candy and in medicine.
2. (uncountable) A type of confection made from liquorice extract.

Synonyms

• (confection): sugarallie (Scottish, informal)

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See also

• crab’s eye
• sambuca
• Pontefract cake
• rosary pea
• allsorts

External links

• liquorice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia