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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.

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

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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