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Definition of Licorice

1. Noun. 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.

2. Noun. A black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant.

Definition of Licorice

1. n. A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions.

Definition of Licorice

1. Noun. The plant Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America the related American Licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota. ¹

2. Noun. A type of candy made from that plant's dried root or its extract. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Licorice

1. a perennial herb [n -S]

Medical Definition of Licorice

1. A substance isolated from the root of the licorice plant. Used traditionally as an anti-inflammatory and liver protectant, glycyrrhizin also is thought to have anti-HIV activity. Possible adverse effects include low potassium levels and high blood pressure. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Licorice

lickpenny lickpot lickpots licks licks clean licks out licks up lickspit lickspits lickspittle

lickspittles lickt licky licodione 2'-O-methyltransferase licorice (current term) licorice extract licorice fern licorice root licorice stick licorices

licorine licorous licour licours lictor lictorial lictorian lictors lictour

Literary usage of Licorice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Druggist (1891)
"There are three species of plants, both wild and cultivated, that yield the licorice that is imported by many tons every year into the United States. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1907)
"Speaking of licorice, Mr. Lloyd said he had studied the subject last year in the Oriental home of licorice in the valley of the Meander and the valley of ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1907)
"Speaking of licorice, Mr. Lloyd said he had studied the subject last year in the Oriental home of licorice in the valley of the Meander and the valley of ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1887)
"Now, sir, when the formula for fluid extract of licorice root was constructed the process ... I have found in making extracts of licorice according to the ..."

5. Industrial Combinations and Trusts by William Harrison Spring Stevens (1913)
"F. The licorice-paste business of the trust is divided, under the plan, ... (b) In considering the propriety of dividing the licorice-paste business among a ..."

6. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody; an Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase, William Wesley Cook (1920)
"Mixture of licorice, Comp.—Solution of ext. of licorice. ... Rhubarb, bruised, 2 oz.; licorice root, bruised, 2 oz.; anise seed, bruised, 1 oz.; sugar, ..."

7. Report of the War Trade Board by United States War Trade Board (1920)
"As examples of such increases, tapioca, licorice root, and crude rubber have been ... licorice root.—licorice root was included in the second list of ..."

8. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1900)
"WHEN I was first confronted with the analysis of licorice products, ... More comprehensive was the article on the subject of licorice found in Hager's ..."

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