liquorice

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Liquorice Allsorts brand and by French sweet leader Haribo - liquorice is a wild-growing plant native to southern Europe and parts of Asia, and is harvested in the autumn two to three years after planting.

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  1. noun Chiefly British Variant of licorice.

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  • Upon the mantle-tree, for I am a pretty curious observer, stood a pot of lambative electuary, with a stick of liquorice, and near it a phial of rose-water, and powder of tutty. —  Isaac Bickerstaff
  • But Kate Harding, Trade Communications Manager at Cadbury said that liquorice is a category experiencing 4.6 per cent growth, and is worth over £50m in retail sales value. —  Home | Mail Online
  • Liquorice Allsorts brand and by French sweet leader Haribo - liquorice is a wild-growing plant native to southern Europe and parts of Asia, and is harvested in the autumn two to three years after planting. —  ConfectioneryNews RSS
  • Calamus and liquorice were among them, and camphor, too. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
  • Forgetting the dark surroundings and the threatening dangers, he was playing again on the river banks, drinking liquorice-water, swimming, and rescuing kittens with Charlie Brooke. —  Charlie to the Rescue
 

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/ˈlɪkoʊkrɪs/
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