ILLICIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Illicium mean? 

• ILLICIUM (noun)
  The noun ILLICIUM has 1 sense:

1. anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves

  Familiarity information: ILLICIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILLICIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Illicium; Illicium

Hypernyms ("Illicium" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Illicium"):

anise tree (any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium)

Illicium floridanum; purple anise (small shrubby tree with purple flowers; found in wet soils of southeastern United States)

Illicium anisatum; star anise (small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant)

Chinese anise; Illicium verum; star anise (small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative)

Holonyms ("Illicium" is a member of...):

family Magnoliaceae; magnolia family; Magnoliaceae (subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia)