LIQUORICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does liquorice mean? 

• LIQUORICE (noun)
  The noun LIQUORICE has 2 senses:

1. deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots

2. a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant

  Familiarity information: LIQUORICE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIQUORICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Glycyrrhiza glabra; licorice; liquorice

Hypernyms ("liquorice" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "liquorice"):

licorice root (root of licorice used in flavoring e.g. candy and liqueurs and medicines)

Holonyms ("liquorice" is a member of...):

genus Glycyrrhiza; Glycyrrhiza (sticky perennial Eurasian herbs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

licorice; liquorice

Hypernyms ("liquorice" is a kind of...):

candy; confect (a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts)

 Context examples 

The diammonium salt of glycyrrhizin and the active constituent in the traditional Chinese medicinal herb Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Chinese liquorice or Gan-Cao) with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and hepatoprotective properties.

(Diammonium Glycyrrhizinate, NCI Thesaurus)

PC-SPES, an herbal supplement containing extracts from 8 herbs including Chrysanthemum morifolium, Ganoderma lucidum (a root fungus), Glycyrrhiza glabra (Spanish liquorice), Isatis indigotica, Panax pseudoginseng, Rabdosia rubescens, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Serona repens (saw palmetto), with potential antineoplastic and antiproliferative effects, specifically in prostate cancer cells.

(PC-SPES, NCI Thesaurus)