1. Deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region
   "The liquorice plant's blue flowers attracted numerous bees";
   - licorice [N. Amer], Glycyrrhiza glabra
    
2. A black candy flavoured with the dried root of the liquorice plant
   "He enjoyed chewing on a stick of black liquorice";
   - licorice [N. Amer]

Sounds like: lickerish, liquorice, lico

Derived forms: liquorices

Type of: candy, confect, herb, herbaceous plant, lolly [Austral, NZ], sweet [Brit], sweetie [Brit, informal]

Part of: genus Glycyrrhiza, Glycyrrhiza

Encyclopedia: Liquorice