anise plant

Thesaurus

Noun

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anise plant - native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookeryanise, Pimpinella anisumanise seed, aniseed, anise - liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquorsherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Pimpinella, Pimpinella - anise