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Liquorice (Commonwealth English) or licorice (American English; see spelling differences; IPA: / ˈ l ɪ k ər ɪ ʃ,-ɪ s / LIK-ər-ish, -iss) [1] is a confection usually flavoured and coloured black with the extract of the roots of the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza glabra. A variety of liquorice sweets are produced around the world.
Liquorice (Commonwealth English) or licorice (American English; see spelling differences; IPA: / ˈ l ɪ k ər ɪ ʃ,-ɪ s / LIK-ər-ish, -iss) [5] [6] is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring is extracted.
The rhizome is creeping and the fronds appear to have random placement, originating at various points. The rhizome appears reddish-brown, and has a sweet licorice flavor. Since it is a fern, P. glycyrrhiza reproduces by spores; the spores form in two rows of sori, which look like large spots on the undersides of the leaves. The sori range in ...
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Abrus precatorius is commonly known as jequirity, [3] Crab's eye, [3] or rosary pea, [3] paternoster pea, [4] love pea, [4] precatory pea or bean, [3] prayer bead, [4] John Crow Bead, [5] coral bead, [4] red-bead vine, [4] country licorice, [4] Indian licorice, [3] wild licorice, [4] Jamaica wild licorice, [4] olinda (In Sri Lanka/Sinhala), [6] kundumani (in Tamil), [7] coondrimany, [4] gidee ...
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The original name for these small tablets of liquorice is a "Pomfret" cake, after the old Norman name for Pontefract. However, that name has fallen into disuse and they are now almost invariably labelled "Pontefract cakes".
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