noun
- 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
- Small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant.
- synonyms: Illicium anisatum
- Anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine.
- synonyms: Chinese anise, star aniseed
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