licorice

Other forms of licorice

plural

licorices·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about licorice

What does licorice mean?

licorice means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in licorice?

licorice has 3 syllables: lic-o-rice. The stress falls on "lic". In IPA it is /ˈlɪkɚɪʃ/.

What is another word for licorice?

Close synonyms include liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra, liquorice. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is licorice a common word?

licorice is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.