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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.