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licorice

[ lik-er-ish, lik-rish, lik-uh-ris ]

noun

  1. a Eurasian plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, of the legume family.
  2. the sweet-tasting, dried root of this plant or an extract made from it, used in medicine, confectionery, etc.
  3. a candy flavored with licorice root.
  4. any of various related or similar plants.


licorice

/ ˈ±ôɪ°ìÉ™°ùɪ²õ /

noun

  1. the usual US and Canadian spelling of liquorice
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of licorice1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English lycorys, from Anglo-French, from unattested Vulgar Latin liquiritia for Latin glycyrrhiza, from Greek ²µ±ô²â°ìý°ù°ù³ó¾±³ú²¹ “sweetroot (plant),†equivalent to ²µ±ô²â°ìý(²õ) “sweet†+ °ù³óí³ú²¹ “r´Ç´Ç³Ùâ€; root 1, -ia
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Raw, it has a crisp bite, with a licorice flavor that is somewhere between anise and the effervescence of a lemon-lime soda: refreshing, cool, neutralizing.

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They would identify the smell of bananas, garlic, licorice, fish and so on, while the researchers took recordings of the activity of individual neurons in their piriform cortex and medial temporal lobe.

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The concoction was flavored with honey, sesame seeds, pine nuts, licorice and grapes, which were commonly used to make the beverage look like blood.

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The company initially began as a small family licorice business and has since branched out into several varieties of confections.

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Originated and distilled in the city, its strong taste — with notes of rubber bands, licorice and grapefruit — makes it something of a rite passage among local drinkers.

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