UK and ANZ, [US and ANZ] licorice [noun] [U] - the dried root of a Mediterranean plant which is used in medicines and for flavouring food, particularly sweetsWhen liquorice is eaten as a sweet it is usually in the form of a long thin soft black stick.
LIQUORICE
Meaning of LIQUORICE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012