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Licorice  n.  (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.
2.
The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes.
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 circaezans 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).





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"Licorice" Quotes from Famous Books



... Nathan Spiderwitz had placed all his trust in a solitary suspender and two unstable buttons; Eva Kidansky had entirely freed herself from restraining hooks and eyes; Isidore Applebaum had discarded shoe-laces; and Abie Ashnewsky had bartered his only necktie for a yard of "shoe-string" licorice. ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) • Various
... English, an unknown language, which always roused Tina to fury. "And a steak—a real steak of real beef, three inches thick and covered with onions fried in butter. And creamed chicken, and English hothouse tomatoes, and fresh peaches and little hot rolls, and coffee that isn't licorice and ...
— Cheerful—By Request • Edna Ferber
... fruits which grow upon trees, there is a variety of others such as berries, tomatoes, pineapples, &c.; and among roots are found the ginger, licorice, arrow-root, sweet-potatoe, Irish potatoe, asparagus, ground-nut, &c. The country abounds in flowers of most splendid colors, but generally deficient in fragrance; though ...
— Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons • Arabella W. Stuart


Words linked to "Licorice" :   American licorice, licorice fern, Glycyrrhiza, licorice stick, herbaceous plant, licorice root, genus Glycyrrhiza, wild licorice, confect, Glycyrrhiza glabra, herb, liquorice, candy


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