star anise - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine

Synonyms

• Chinese anise
• star anise
• star aniseed

More generic

• spice

Related

• Chinese anise
• Illicium verum
• star anise

Related

• five spice powder

Noun

small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant

Synonyms

• Illicium anisatum
• star anise

More generic

• anise tree

Related

• Illicium
• genus Illicium

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
• star anise

More generic

• anise tree

Related

• Chinese anise
• star anise
• star aniseed

Related

• Illicium
• genus Illicium

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