the pungent black dried root of a plant of the pea family, extracts of which are used in brewing, confectionery, and as a laxative
a European plant of the pea family that has spikes of blue flowers and is cultivated for its roots: Glycyrrhiza glabra
a sweet flavoured with liquorice
liquorice allsorts
the pungent black dried root of liquorice, extracts of which are used in brewing, confectionery, and as a laxative
[Middle English licorice via Old French and late Latin from Greek glykyrrhiza, from glykys sweet + rhiza root]