Matthew Montchalin wrote:

|Licorice is NOT in the Apiaceae. It's in the Fabaceae; and its leaf does
|not taste or smell of anise - the root tastes of sweet sweet licorice,
|instead.

Is the oil in the licorice root have the same chemical makeup as the
oil in anise or fennel?

Nope. But most licorice candy is made with anise oil instead of
licorice...

Henriette

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