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liquorice
(lɪkərɪʃ, -ɪs)
licorice
liquorice in British English
or US and Canadian licorice (ˈlɪkərɪs, -ərɪʃ)
noun
1.
a perennial Mediterranean leguminous shrub, Glycyrrhiza glabra, having spikes of pale blue flowers and flat red-brown pods
2.
the dried root of this plant, used as a laxative and in confectionery
3.
a sweet having a liquorice flavour
Word origin
C13: via Anglo-Norman and Old French from Late Latin liquirītia, from Latin glycyrrhīza, from Greek glukurrhiza, from glukus sweet + rhiza rootliquorice in American English
(ˈlɪkərɪs; ˈlɪkərɪʃ)
noun
British
licorice
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Examples of 'liquorice' in a sentenceliquorice
Word lists withliquorice
shrub- we have a crossed line
- we have company
- we have enough to be going on with
- we have no wish to cause problems
- "we haven't been there before" — "oh haven't you?"
- we haven't got much time/money
- we have overspent by 5,000 dollars
- we have the matter in hand
- wehrmacht
- we huddled together for warmth
- wei
- weichsel
- weid
- weierstrass approximation theorem
- weigela
- weigh
- weighable
- weighage
- weigh anchor
- weigh anchor/up anchor
- weigh a ton
- weighboard
- weighbridge
- weigh down
- weigh-down