star anise
Noun
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Noun
star anise
- A plant, Illicium verum, used primarily for its star-shaped seed which resembles anise in scent and flavor, and which is used as a spice. Valued for its decorative shape as well as its flavor. Also used commercially as a source of shikimic acid for the production of Tamiflu.
- The star-shaped seed used as a spice.
- (Illicium verum) Chinese star anise, true star anise
- French: anis étoile, badiane chinoise
- German: Sternanis
- Italian: anice stellato
- Portuguese: anis-estrelado, estrela-de-anis
- Russian: звёздчатый ани́с
- Spanish: anís estrellado, anís estrella, badián, badiana
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