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licorice

N พืช ชะ เอม พวก  Glycyrrhiza glabra

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LICORICE

n.[L. glycyrrhiza; Gr. sweet, and root. ] A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza. The root of this plant abounds with a sweet balsamic juice, much used in pectoral compositions.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LICORICE

Lic "o *rice, n. Etym: [OE. licoris, though old French, fr. L.liquiritia, corrupted fr. glycyrrhiza, Gr. Glycerin, Glycyrrhiza, Wort. ] [Written also liquorice. ]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra ), the root of which abounds with a juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions.

 

2. The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and medicinal purposes. Licorice fern (Bot. ), a name of several kinds of polypody which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor. -- Licorice sugar. (Chem. ) See Glycyrrhizin. -- Licorice weed (Bot. ), the tropical plant Scapania aulcis. -- Mountain licorice (Bot. ), a kind of clover (Trifolium alpinum ), found in the Alps. It has large purplish flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock. -- Wild licorice. (Bot. ) (a ) The North American perennial herb Glycyrrhiza lepidota. (b ) Certain broad-leaved cleavers (Galium circæzans and G. lanceolatum ). (c ) The leguminous climber Abrus precatorius, whose scarlet and black seeds are called black-eyed Susans. Its roots are used as a substitute for those of true licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

licorice

lic o rice |ˈlik (ə )riSH, -ris ˈlɪk (ə )rɪʃ |(Brit. liquorice ) ▶noun 1 a sweet, chewy, aromatic black substance made by evaporation from the juice of a root and used as a candy and in medicine. • a candy flavored with such a substance: [ as modifier ] : licorice gumdrops. 2 the widely distributed plant of the pea family from which this product is obtained. [Genus Glycyrrhiza, family Leguminosae; many species are used locally to obtain licorice, the chief commercial source being the cultivated G. glabra. ] ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French licoresse, from late Latin liquiritia, from Greek glukurrhiza, from glukus ‘sweet ’ + rhiza ‘root. ’

 

licorice stick

lic o rice stick ▶noun a stick of licorice candy. • dated, informal a clarinet.

 

Oxford Dictionary

licorice

lic |orice ▶noun US spelling of liquorice.

 

licorice stick

lic o rice stick ▶noun a stick of licorice candy. • dated, informal a clarinet.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

licorice

lic o rice ｟主に英 ｠liq uo rice /lɪ́k (ə )rɪs, -rɪʃ /名詞 U C 1 〘植 〙カンゾウ (甘草 ); カンゾウの干した根 (のエキス ).2 カンゾウで味を付けたキャンディ .