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anise

anise

8 6.3
A plant whose seeds add a sweet licorice taste to food and drinks and are sometimes used in medicine
  • noun
  • /ˈænɪs/
: anís
  • The air carried the scent of anise and juniper, a refreshing meld of aromas.
  • anise flavor
  • anise extract
  • anise-flavored potatoes

We start with UZO single phase solution of water ethanol and essential anise oil.

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Examples

  • In the recipe, you need to add crushed anise to enhance the dish's taste.

  • Favio had eaten his fill and had drunk three glasses of the anise-flavored liqueur they had for the occasion.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • And last but not least, I've brought you some anise seed drops.

  • Add the liqueur, whiskey, and anise seed.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I am using lavender and anise with a few drops of peppermint.

    Blog text (18)
  • I typically use almond, anise, vanilla, or butter extracts in pancakes, cakes, cookies, etc.

    Blog text (22)
  • A rack holds packets of arnica, cinnamon stick, chile pasilla, anise, and yerbabuena.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The dessert was flavored with anise, giving it a unique sweet taste.

  • He enjoys making herbal tea with anise seeds for their aromatic flavor.

Synonyms

Pimpinella anisum
vsanise
  • Specialized
1 8.6

An herb grown for sweet seeds and oil used in food and medicine

is the everyday name used for the same plant rather than the scientific term
anise plant
vsanise
6.3

A plant that makes small aromatic seeds used to flavor food, tea and medicine

is identical in meaning but is the common informal name

Compounds

3 4.3

A star-shaped spice that tastes like licorice and is used in cooking

1 4.5

A small seed with a sweet licorice taste that people use to flavor food and drinks

1 5.6

A small sweet biscuit made with anise seed that tastes a little like licorice

1 9.0

A garden herb with sweet-smelling leaves used for tea and to attract bees

Smelling like anise, a sweet spice like licorice

1 5.3

A small evergreen tree that makes star-shaped fruit used as a spice

1 5.5

A strong, sweet oil from anise seeds used to flavour sweets and medicine

A star-shaped spice pod with a strong sweet smell used in cooking

1 8.4

An evergreen shrub or tree with strong-smelling leaves and seeds used as a spice and for scent

A small tree from China that has star-shaped pods used as a spice

anise camphor
  • Specialized
8.2

A sweet-smelling substance used to give food and drinks a licorice taste

A plant that makes small aromatic seeds used to flavor food, tea and medicine

9.7

A small evergreen shrub with purple flowers that grows in wet places in the southeastern United States

oil of anise
  • Specialized
6.7

A strong-smelling oil from small seeds used to flavor food and soothe stomachs

How Aromatic

anise
8 6.3
fennel
21 4.3
dill
28 1.0
parsley
49 1.0

Surface Forms

anise singular
anises plural

Etymology

The word anise comes from an old Greek word anison, and it kept the same meaning for the plant and its seed. Think of the drink anisette or the word aniseed to remember that anise gives a 'sweet, licorice-like taste' used to flavor food and drinks.