noun
- Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.
- synonyms: anise plant, Pimpinella anisum
- Liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors.
- synonyms: aniseed, anise seed
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