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liquorice
n. (also licorice)
1 a black root extract used as a sweet and in medicine.
2 the leguminous plant Glycyrrhiza glabra from which it is obtained.
Etymology: ME f. AF lycorys, OF licoresse f. LL liquiritia f. Gk glukurrhiza f. glukus sweet + rhiza root

Useful english dictionary. 2012.