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Anise   /ˈænəs/   Listen
Anise

noun
1.
Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.  Synonyms: anise plant, Pimpinella anisum.
2.
Liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors.  Synonyms: anise seed, aniseed.



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"Anise" Quotes from Famous Books



... Nero. This precious pair had a most noble and generous father, and their gentle mother was a fit mate for the great Germanicus—these things are here inserted for the edification of folks who take stock in that pleasant fallacy, the Law of Heredity, and who gleefully chase the genealogical anise-seed trail. ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 • Elbert Hubbard


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