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Anise   /ˈænəs/   Listen
noun
Anise  n.  
1.
(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.
2.
The fruit or seeds of this plant.





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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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