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liquorice/ˈlik(ə)ris, -riʃ/n. (esp. US [尤美] licorice) 1 a black root extract used as a sweet and in medicine 甘草根提取物(用于制糖果或制药) 2 the leguminous plant Glycyrrhiza glabra from which it is obtained 洋甘草,甘草 [Middle English via Anglo-French lycorys, Old French licoresse, and Late Latin liquiritia from Greek glukurrhiza, from glukus ‘sweet’ + rhiza ‘root’] |