licorice

A Mediterranean perennial plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) of the pea family, having blue flowers, pinnately compound leaves, and a sweet, distinctively flavored root.

The root of this plant, used as a flavoring in candy, liqueurs, tobacco, and medicines.

Any of various similar plants.

A confection made from or flavored with the licorice root.

A chewy confection made from sugar and corn syrup with the addition of various flavorings, often manufactured in long flexible tubes.

A leguminous plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, whose root yields the licorice of commerce.

An economic product, either the root of this plant or an extract from it.

The plant also called rest-harrow, Ononis arvensis. Its root is used by children in place of licorice.