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单词 anise
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anisen.

/ˈænɪs/
Forms: Middle English anys, aneys, aneis, anese, Middle English–1600s anyse, Middle English annys, anneys, annes, 1500s–1700s annis, 1600s anis, 1600s–1700s annise, 1600s– anise.
Etymology: < French anis < Latin anīsum , < Greek ἄνῑσον , in var. dialect forms ἄνησον , ἄνηθον , ἄνητον , under which the Greeks seem to have included the two plants Anise and Dill. When these were discriminated, the variants anīsum and anēthum were utilized in Latin to distinguish them. See anet n.
1. An umbelliferous plant ( Pimpinella Anīsum), a native of the Levant, cultivated for its aromatic and carminative seeds. Confused by the ancients with the Dill ( Anēthum graveolens), which was probably the ‘anise’ of the Bible of 1611, where Wyclif has ‘anete’ [v.r. anese]. oil of anise, the essential oil obtained from aniseed by distillation with water, the source of many important chemical derivatives; see anis- comb. form.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > aniseed
anisec1325
aniseeda1398
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > aniseed > aniseed plant
anisec1325
anethine1722
c1325 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 31 Þe primerole he passeþ, þe peruenke of pris, wiþ alisaundre þareto, ache ant anys.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Matt. xxiii. 23 That tithen mente, anete [v.r. anese; 1526 Tindale annyse, 1535 Coverdale anyse, 1611 annise], and comyn.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. x. 909 Anise haþ þe same vertu[es] þat anetum haþ, and is more swete in sauour.
1453 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 422 Comyn and Anneys, ye bale....iiijd.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 45 Mynt, aneis, & comyn.
1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) 33 Anyse..maketh the breth sweter, swageth payne.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xiii. 64 The oyles or sulphurs of annis..drive away windinesse.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. ii. 141 Anis, Is propagated only by seed, which is pretty small, and..of a longish Oval Figure.
1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 122 Anise..whose seeds are much used by distillers to give flavour to cordial liqueurs.
1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 297 Oil of anise is a neutral, yellowish, somewhat syrupy liquid, possessing a peculiar aromatic smell and taste.
2. fig. in allusion to Matt. xxiii. 23.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of secondary importance
handmaidena1425
handmaid1533
anise1741
first (second) chop1823
secondary1841
footnote1858
bush league1928
1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xiv. 202 The Mint, Annise, and Cummin, the Gestures and Vestures and Fringes of Religion.
1841 T. P. Thompson Exercises VI. 288 Knowledge which settles the anise and cummin of Greek accents.
3. Chinese anise, star anise or aniseed tree: a shrub, Illicium anīsātum (family Magnoliaceæ), the fruit of which has the odour, and is used instead, of anise.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Asian trees or shrubs > [noun] > Chinese or Japanese anise
badian1693
Chinese anise1727
poison bay1866
shikimi1881
star anise1883
1727 R. Bradley Family Dict. Anise of China or Siberia, is a Seed of about the same Form and Bigness as Coloquintida.
1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 445 The aniseed tree of China, of which the fruit is..well known in commerce by the name of Star anise.
1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 23 The seed vessels are imported from China under the name of Chinese Anise..and from it a great portion of..Oil of Anise is obtained.

Compounds

Also aniseed n., q.v.
anise camphor n. also called Anethol, one of the two constituents of Oil of Anise (see 1), a resinous substance crystallizing at a low temperature in soft, white, lustrous laminæ.
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the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > crystalline substances > [noun] > camphors
camphor1313
asarin1834
stearoptene1836
anise camphor1863
1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 297 Anethol or Anise-camphor.
anise pepper n. Xanthoxylon mantschuricum of China ( Treas. Bot. 1866).

Derivatives

anise-like adj.
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1871 M. C. Cooke Fungi (1874) 86 Agaricus fragrans and A. odorus have a sweet anise-like odour.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online June 2011).
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