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CHINESE ANISE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine
Synonyms:
Chinese anise; star anise; star aniseed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("Chinese anise" is a kind of...):
spice (any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food)
Holonyms ("Chinese anise" is a part of...):
Chinese anise; Illicium verum; star anise (small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative)
Holonyms ("Chinese anise" is a substance of...):
five spice powder (Chinese seasoning made by grinding star anise and fennel and pepper and cloves and cinnamon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative
Synonyms:
Chinese anise; Illicium verum; star anise
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Chinese anise" is a kind of...):
anise tree (any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium)
Meronyms (parts of "Chinese anise"):
Chinese anise; star anise; star aniseed (anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine)
Holonyms ("Chinese anise" is a member of...):
genus Illicium; Illicium (anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves)
