Difference between Licorice and Liquorice
What is the difference between Licorice and Liquorice?
Licorice as a noun is the plant glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in north america the related american licorice plant glycyrrhiza lepidota. while Liquorice as a noun is a leguminous plant, glycyrrhiza glabra, from which a sweet black liquor is extracted and used as a confection and in medicine
Licorice
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The plant Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America the related American Licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.
A type of candy made from that plant's dried root or its extract.
Liquorice
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A leguminous plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, from which a sweet black liquor is extracted and used as a confection and in medicinea type of confection made from liquorice extract.
We hope you now know whether to use Licorice or Liquorice in your sentence.
