licorice, liquorice
(noun) a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant
licorice, liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
liquorice (countable and uncountable, plural liquorices)
United Kingdom and Ireland standard spelling of licorice.
Source: Wiktionary
Liq"uor*ice, n.
Definition: See Licorice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
