[ 'lɪk(ə)rɪs , -rɪʃ ]
( US licorice )
■ noun
1》 a sweet, chewy, aromatic black substance made from the juice of a root and used as a sweet and in medicine.
2》 a leguminous plant from which ~ is obtained. [Genus Glycyrrhiza ; many species.]
Origin
ME: from OFr. licoresse , from late L. liquiritia , from Gk glukurrhiza , from glukus 'sweet' + rhiza 'root'.