licorice
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Actually, no, I don't really like any kind of other, like, chocolates, or anything, but black licorice is my favorite.
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- noun A Mediterranean perennial plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) having blue flowers, pinnately compound leaves, and a sweet, distinctively flavored root.
- noun The root of this plant, used as a flavoring in candy, liqueurs, tobacco, and medicines.
- noun A confection made from or flavored with the licorice root.
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- 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
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Actually, no, I don't really like any kind of other, like, chocolates, or anything, but black licorice is my favorite.
— CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2003 -
With Necco wafers, there again, the licorice were the best.
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- 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.
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/ (lĭkˈər-ĭs, -ĭsh)/
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