[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 ■a sweet flavoured with such a substance 甘草味
the widely distributed plant of the pea family from which this product is obtained 甘草
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
语源
Middle English: from Old French licoresse, from late Latin liquiritia, from Greek glukurrhiza, from glukus 'sweet' + rhiza 'root'