Definition of Chinese anise

1. Noun. Small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative.

Exact synonyms: Illicium Verum, Star Anise
Terms within: Star Anise, Star Aniseed
Group relationships: Genus Illicium, Illicium
Generic synonyms: Anise Tree

2. Noun. Anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine.
Exact synonyms: Star Anise, Star Aniseed
Generic synonyms: Spice
Substance meronyms: Five Spice Powder
Group relationships: Illicium Verum, Star Anise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Anise

Chindits
Chinee
Chinese
Chinese-red
Chinese Crested Dog
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Years
Chinese Revolution
Chinese Shan
Chinese Taipei
Chinese Wall
Chinese Walls
Chinese alligator
Chinese angelica
Chinese angelica tree
Chinese anise (current term)
Chinese astrology
Chinese black mushroom
Chinese boxes
Chinese broccoli
Chinese brown sauce
Chinese burn
Chinese burns
Chinese cabbage
Chinese cabbages
Chinese celery
Chinese character
Chinese characters
Chinese checkers
Chinese chequers

Literary usage of Chinese anise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"(I. anisatum Gaertn., not L.). Southeastern China, cult, in China and Japan. Chinese anise tree. Fruit, _ Star-anise, Chinese anise; ..."

2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"... of the East Indies the leaves are mixed with tea and sherbet, and the capsules are imported from China into Europe, under the name of Chinese anise, ..."

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