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A plant, Illicium verum, used primarily for its starshaped seed which resembles anise in scent and flavor, and which is used as a spice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The starshaped seed used as a spice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aniseed star, star aniseed
Antonyms: none provided
anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Chinese anise, star aniseed
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spice
small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Illicium anisatum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anise tree
small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Chinese anise, Illicium verum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anise tree
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
steranys
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Arabic:
ليسوم حقيقي
(līsūm ħaqīqi)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Arabic:
ينسون نجمي
(yansūn najmi)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Arabic:
باديان
(bādiyān)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Bashkir:
баҙыян
(baźıyan)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Bashkir:
әнис
(ənis)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Burmese:
နာနတ်ပွင့်
(nanatpwang.)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Catalan:
badiana
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Catalan:
anís estrellat
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Cebuano:
anis
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Cebuano:
sangki
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Chinese Cantonese:
八角
(baat3 gok3)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Eastern Min Chinese:
八角
(báik-gáe̤k)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Eastern Min Chinese:
八角香
(báik-gáe̤k-hiŏng)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Chinese:
八角
(poeh-kak / peh-kak)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Chinese:
八角香
(peh-kak-hiun / poeh-kak-hiun / peh-kak-hion)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Chinese Mandarin:
八角
(bājiǎo)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Chinese Mandarin:
八角茴香
(bājiǎohuíxiāng)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Chinese Mandarin:
大茴香
(dàhuíxiāng)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Danish:
stjerneanis
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Dutch:
steranijs
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Esperanto:
stelanizo
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Finnish:
tähtianis
— a plant, Illicium verum
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French:
anis étoilé
— a plant, Illicium verum
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French:
badiane chinoise
— a plant, Illicium verum
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French:
étoile d'anis
— a plant, Illicium verum
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French:
anis étoile
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Galician:
anís estrelado
— a plant, Illicium verum
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German:
Sternanis
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Greek:
αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος
(asteroeidís glykánisos)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Hindi:
चक्र फूल
(cakra phūl)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Hungarian:
csillagánizs
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Indonesian:
bunga lawang
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Irish:
réalt-ainís
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Italian:
anice stellato
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Japanese:
唐樒
(tōshikimi)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Japanese:
大茴香
(daiuikyō)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Japanese:
八角茴香
(hakkaku uikyō)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Khmer:
ចាន់ការី
(cankaarii)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Korean:
팔각
(palgak)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Korean:
스타아니스
(seutaaniseu)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Latvian:
zvaigžņainais anīss
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Latvian:
anīskoks
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Malay:
bunga lawang
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Malayalam:
തക്കോലം
(takkōlaṁ)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Māori:
kopoti whetū
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Marathi:
चक्रफूल
(cakraphūl)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Norwegian:
stjerneanis
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Occitan:
badiana
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Persian:
بادیان
(bâdiyân)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Polish:
badian właściwy
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Portuguese:
anis-estrelado
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Portuguese:
estrela-de-anis
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Romanian:
anason stelat
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Romanian:
badian
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Russian:
звёздчатый ани́с
(zvjózdčatyj anís)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Slovene:
zvezdasti janež
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Spanish:
anís estrellado
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Spanish:
anís estrella
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Spanish:
badián
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Spanish:
badiana
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Swedish:
stjärnanis
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Tày:
hoa cáp
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Thai:
โป๊ยกั้ก
(bpóoy gák)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Tibetan:
ལི་ཤི་མཚོན་འཁོར
(li shi mtshon 'khor)
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Vietnamese:
đại hồi
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Vietnamese:
hồi
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Vietnamese:
đại hồi hương
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Welsh:
coeden anis
— a plant, Illicium verum
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Arabic:
ليسوم حقيقي
(līsūm ħaqīqi)
— the spice
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Arabic:
ينسون نجمي
(yansūn najmi)
— the spice
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Arabic:
باديان
(bādiyān)
— the spice
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Burmese:
နာနတ်ပွင့်
(nanatpwang.)
— the spice
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Catalan:
anís estrellat
— the spice
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Cebuano:
anis
— the spice
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Cebuano:
sangki
— the spice
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Greek:
αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος
(asteroeidís glykánisos)
— the spice
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Hungarian:
csillagánizs
— the spice
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Japanese:
八角
(hakkaku)
— the spice
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Japanese:
スターアニス
(sta anisu)
— the spice
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Kannada:
ಚಕ್ರಮೊಗ್ಗು
(cakramoggu)
— the spice
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Khmer:
ចាន់ការី
(cankaarii)
— the spice
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Latvian:
zvaigžņainais anīss
— the spice
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Māori:
kopoti whetū
— the spice
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Marathi:
चक्रफूल
(cakraphūl)
— the spice
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Polish:
anyż gwiaździsty
— the spice
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Polish:
anyż gwiazdkowy
— the spice
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Polish:
badian
— the spice
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Polish:
badianek
— the spice
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Slovak:
badián
— the spice
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Tagalog:
sangke
— the spice