alcazuz

Spanish

Alternative forms

• orozuz

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِرْق السُوس (ʕirq as-sūs), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alkaˈθuθ/ [al.kaˈθuθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /alkaˈsus/ [al.kaˈsus]
• Rhymes: -uθ
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: al‧ca‧zuz

Noun

alcazuz m (plural alcazuces)

1. liquorice plant

Further reading

• “alcazuz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014