licorice

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (5)  · 
“
With Necco wafers, there again, the licorice were the best.

View all »
Definitions (8)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (4)

  1. noun A Mediterranean perennial plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) having blue flowers, pinnately compound leaves, and a sweet, distinctively flavored root.
  2. noun The root of this plant, used as a flavoring in candy, liqueurs, tobacco, and medicines.
  3. noun A confection made from or flavored with the licorice root.
1 more from this dictionary »

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (1)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (2)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples

  • She pressed the horn timidly to announce her presence and started up the rise with a bag of treats and groceries -- licorice ropes, giant olives with pimiento centers, cheese tortilla chips, as well as new potatoes and chard from her garden, and the pick of her raspberries. —  Incubus
  • (No spell that Palin had ever heard of involved candy, and he could only assume the licorice was for mages with a sweet tooth.) —  Dragons Of Summer Flame
  • With Necco wafers, there again, the licorice were the best. —  Wilders Security Forums
  • Here is the licorice, his favorite. —  CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2004
  • Hi Dad. —  Qwaider Planet
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

Licorice has been looked up 180 times, favorited 0 times, listed 25 times, and commented on 5 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (1)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin liquirītia, alteration (influenced by Latin liquēre, to flow) of Latin glycyrrhiza, root of licorice, from Greek glukurrhiza : glukus, sweet + rhiza, root; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈlɪkoʊkrɪs/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word several times a year.

Recent Lookups

bisect · gemacht · nonreactive · cementation · Dulcet

Recent Favorites

TelePalmter · Espoo · stick-to-it-iveness · supine · doxastic

Recent Pronunciations

milosrdenstvi · lichen-covered · futon · sagacity · monoragngocious