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 The chewable raw, dried, rhizome (known as Liquorice-Root, Liquorice Wood or Stickali) of the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra, usually about 1/4ins diameter, 6 ins log, or a preparation made from it and sold in black cylindrical sticks. Liquorice was formerly grown in England in significant quantity, notably around Pontefract.   Cutting liquorice root, and a 'thumper' at work Images: http://www.wakefield.gov.uk See: Coltsfoot Rock Comfits Liquorice Allsorts Liquorice Comfits or Torpedoes Liquorice or Spanish or Stickali Pontefract or Pomfret or Pomfrey Cakes Poor Bens Victory V  |
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