PIMPINELLA ANISUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pimpinella anisum mean? 

• PIMPINELLA ANISUM (noun)
  The noun PIMPINELLA ANISUM has 1 sense:

1. native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery

  Familiarity information: PIMPINELLA ANISUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIMPINELLA ANISUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

anise; anise plant; Pimpinella anisum

Hypernyms ("Pimpinella anisum" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "Pimpinella anisum"):

anise; anise seed; aniseed (liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors)

Holonyms ("Pimpinella anisum" is a member of...):

genus Pimpinella; Pimpinella (anise)

 Context examples 

An essential oil derived from Pimpinella anisum.

(Anise Oil, NCI Thesaurus)