licorice
Meaning of licorice
noun
- a sweet, chewy, aromatic black substance made by evaporation from the juice of a root and used as a sweet and in medicine.
- the widely distributed plant of the pea family from which liquorice is obtained.
Middle English: from Old French licoresse, from late Latin liquiritia, from Greek glukurrhiza, from glukus ‘sweet’ + rhiza ‘root’.
Information about licorice
- It is a name.
- The plural form of licorice is: licorices.
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Hyphenation of licorice
licorice
- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- licorice is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
licorice synonyms
Meaning liquorice:
Translation of licorice
- Italian: liquirizia
- German: Lakritze
- French: réglisse
- Spanish: regaliz
Words that rhyme with licorice
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