paloduz

Spanish

Alternative forms

• palodul
• palodú

Etymology

palo (“stick”) +‎ duz, archaic form of dulce (“sweet”), possibly a folk-etymological alteration of the synonym alcazuz / orozuz.

Noun

paloduz m (plural paloduces)

1. licorice root

   Synonyms: orozuz, alcazuz, regaliz

Further reading

• “paloduz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10