licorice
Plural: licorices
Noun
- A sweet, aromatic herb, or its candy flavoring.
- 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
- a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant
- A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.
- A type of candy made from that plant's dried root or its extract.
- A black color, named after the licorice.
- A flavoring agent made from dried root portions of the aforementioned plant.
- A supposed aphrodisiac made in the past from dried roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra and Glycyrrhiza echinata.
Examples
- Placing LICORICE on the double letter score gave me a sweet advantage in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lycorys, from Old French licoresse, from Late Latin liquiritia, alteration of Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza): γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”) (English glucose, English rhizome). Doublet of glycyrrhiza.
Synonyms
Glycyrrhiza glabra, liquorice, sugarallie
Scrabble Score: 12
licorice: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlicorice: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
licorice: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
licorice: valid Words With Friends Word