Google provides the answer: Licorice is made from is the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra. That does not quite roll off the tongue as easily, so licorice. Here is a picture of the plant itself:
 Spinliesel
                                                
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                                                Mar 27, 2018
                                            
                                                
                                                    Spinliesel
                                                
                                                Level 9
                                                Mar 27, 2018                                            
                                        I know, it was a joke...