| NOUN | plant | anise, anise plant, Pimpinella anisum | native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery |
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| food | anise, aniseed, anise seed | liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors |
| Sounds | ae'nahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery. | |
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| Synonyms | anise plant, Pimpinella anisum | |
| Member of | Pimpinella, genus Pimpinella | anise |
| Parts | anise, aniseed, anise seed | liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | anís, matalahúga, pimpinella anisum | |
| Catalan | anís, matafaluga, pimpinella anisum, Pimpinella anisum | |
| Meaning | liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors. | |
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| Synonyms | aniseed, anise seed | |
| Part of | anise, anise plant, Pimpinella anisum | Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery |
| Broader | flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning | Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts |
| Substance of | Pernod | (registered trademark) a liqueur flavored with anise |
| absinth, absinthe | Strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | |
| anise cookie | cookie made without butter and flavored with anise seed | |
| anisette, anisette de Bordeaux | liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed | |
| ouzo | A Greek liquor flavored with anise | |
| pastis | Similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood | |
| Spanish | anís | |
| Catalan | anís | |
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