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deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots(n)
Synonyms: glycyrrhiza glabra
licorice
liquorice
Hypernyms: herb
herbaceous plant
PartHolonyms: licorice root
MemberMeronyms: genus glycyrrhiza
glycyrrhiza
a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant(n)
Synonyms: licorice
liquorice
Hypernyms: candy
confect
Liquorice or licorice is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring is extracted.