liquorice
/ˈlɪkərɪs/( <美> licorice)
noun
1
- mass noun a sweet, chewy, aromatic black substance made by evaporation from the juice of a root and used as a sweet and in medicine甘草。
1.1
- a sweet flavoured with such a substance甘草糖。
2
- the widely distributed plant of the pea family from which this product is obtained甘草。
2.1
- Genus Glycyrrhiza, family Leguminosae; many species are used locally to obtain liquorice, the chief commercial source being the cultivated G. glabra.甘草属, 豆科; 多种在当地用于提取油脂, 以种植洋甘草为主要商业来源。
词源
Middle English: from Old French licoresse, from late Latin liquiritia, from Greek glukurrhiza, from glukus 'sweet' + rhiza 'root'.