Assertion: licorice | /r/SimilarTo | sweet root
Facets:
value: rightly so
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Licorice means ‘sweet root’ and refers to both the licorice plant, a flowering plant with beautiful pale purple flowers and seed pods, and its commercially valuable root, often referred to simply as licorice.
text: The word licorice is derived from the Greek, meaning “sweet root.
text: The name licorice derives from the Greek, meaning “sweet root”, and quite rightly so, as it contains a compound, glycyrrhizin, that is considered to be about 50 times sweeter than sugar.