Licorice
liquorice, liquorish, rigulizza
Liquorice (u.k.) or licorice (u.s.) ( lik-ər-ish, -iss; also lik-rish) is the common name of glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering plant of the bean family fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring can be extracted. the liquorice plant is an herbaceous perennial legume native to western asia, north africa, and southern europe. botanically, it is not closely related to anise or fennel, which are sources of similar flavouring compounds. (another such source, star anise, is even more distantly related from anise and fennel than liquorice, despite its similar common name.) liquorice is used as a flavouring in candies and tobacco, particularly in some european and west asian co...
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