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Definition of Illicium verum
1. Noun. Small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative.
Terms within: Chinese Anise, Star Anise, Star Aniseed
Group relationships: Genus Illicium, Illicium
Generic synonyms: Anise Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illicium Verum
Literary usage of Illicium verum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Aside from its anise-like aroma, star-anise bears no resemblance to umbelliferous
fruits. It is the fruit of a tree (Illicium verum Hook. ..."
2. Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics by William Hale-White (1895)
"That from the Pimpinella Anisum solidifies at 59° F. [15° C.] ¡ that from Illicium
verum (Star-anise) at about 50° F. [lo° C.]. Sp. gr.,about 0.980 to 0.990 ..."
3. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1917)
"Illicium. or star anise, the fruit of Illicium verum, was official in the
pharmacopoeia of 1890, and is here mentioned because it yields an oil identical ..."
4. Rehabilitation of Degraded Forests to Improve Livelihoods of Poor Farmers in by Liu Dachang (2003)
"The survival rate of Illicium verum was a satisfactory 90%, while that of Canarium
album was only 50%, largely due to poor quality of the seedlings and late ..."
5. Materia Medica and Pharmacy by Reynold Webb Wilcox, William Hale-White (1905)
"7''.., gr. OLEUM ANISI.—Oil of Anise. A volatile oil distilled from Anise or from
the fruit of Star Anise, Illicium verum ..."
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