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noun
A crystalline glycosidic acid, the main sweet-tasting compound from licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) root, thirty to fifty times as sweet as sucrose (table sugar).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: glycyrrhizic acid, glycyrrhizinic acid
Antonyms: none provided
History
From glycyrrhiza (“licorice root”) + -in.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
