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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) [6] [7] 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. [8]
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.
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". The term "cake" has a long history. The word itself is of Germanic origin, from the Germanic "kakâ" (cook). [1] [2]
Liquorice or licorice is the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra from which a somewhat sweet flavor can be extracted. Liquorice or licorice may also refer to: Liquorice (confectionery), confectionery flavoured with the extract of the root "Liquorice" (song), a 2011 track by Azealia Banks on 1999 EP; Licorice, a 2005 Snowden EP
Made of liquorice, sugar, coconut, aniseed jelly, fruit flavourings, and gelatine, they were first produced in Sheffield, England, by Geo. Bassett & Co Ltd. Allsorts are produced by many companies around the world, but are most popular in Europe, especially Britain and the Netherlands, where they are called Engelse drop, meaning English liquorice.
In the Mediterranean Basin, anise-based or liquorice-based spirits include: Spain: Anís del Mono ("the monkey's anisette") has been produced since 1870. [4] The label, with a monkey holding a scroll and a bottle, was designed by Ramon Casas i Carbó. [5] It is the anisette of choice in Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano. [6]
Wild licorice flowerhead, at 8,400 ft (2,600 m) in the Eastern Sierra Nevada. Glycyrrhiza lepidota (American licorice) is a species of Glycyrrhiza (a genus in the pea/bean family, Fabaceae) native to most of North America, from central Canada south through the United States to California, Texas and Virginia, but absent from the southeastern states.
Most liquorice (licorice) confectionery is heavily flavoured by aniseed (anise) and relies on true liquorice for only a small part of its flavouring, if any. Confections and candies called liquorice or widely considered to be liquorice-flavoured may be listed here.