STAR ANISEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does star aniseed mean? 

• STAR ANISEED (noun)
  The noun STAR ANISEED has 1 sense:

1. anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine

  Familiarity information: STAR ANISEED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAR ANISEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

Chinese anise; star anise; star aniseed

Hypernyms ("star aniseed" is a kind of...):

spice (any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food)

Holonyms ("star aniseed" is a part of...):

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 ("star aniseed" is a substance of...):

five spice powder (Chinese seasoning made by grinding star anise and fennel and pepper and cloves and cinnamon)