licorice
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈlɪkərɪʃ/
- US
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regaliz
- She offered me a piece of licorice after dinner to satisfy my sweet tooth.
- black licorice
- licorice candy
- licorice twists
You know what, it smells almost like a licorice candy.
- You know what, it smells almost like a licorice candy.
- It smells like licorice. I don't like this.
- And he'd come back out and have a licorice or have a a Jolly Rancher.
- It says watermelon flavored licorice, the perfect taste of summer and open it up.
Examples
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If there's anything I'm a sucker for, it's licorice.
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Why do I always think I'm gonna come around on black licorice?
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Oh, you can smell the licorice from here just a little bit.
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Why not eat licorice while watching a good movie on TV?
Fiction book (1995) -
Son, I got black licorice all the way from St. Louis.
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The secret to that, my dear, is the licorice.
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Suck on this licorice stick.
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The dean offers the new assistant professor a licorice from a glass jar on his desk.
Fiction book (1994) -
I know they like the very strong licorice candies in the Netherlands too.
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And I think that one of the things that I enjoy is, you know, strong flavors, like, I think that anybody who likes black licorice kind of understands it.
Compounds
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3.9
A plant root used to add a sweet, slightly bitter flavor to candies, drinks, and medicine
A North American plant with a sweet root that people chew or use to sweeten drinks
Surface Forms
Etymology
Licorice comes from Greek parts glyk- ('sweet') and -rhiza ('root'), meaning 'sweet root'. So the candy called licorice is made from that sweet root, which explains its name and strong taste.