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Definition of Aniseed
1. Noun. Liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors.
Substance meronyms: Anise Cookie, Ouzo, Absinth, Absinthe, Anisette, Anisette De Bordeaux, Pastis, Pernod
Generic synonyms: Flavorer, Flavoring, Flavourer, Flavouring, Seasoner, Seasoning
Group relationships: Anise, Anise Plant, Pimpinella Anisum
Definition of Aniseed
1. n. The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it.
Definition of Aniseed
1. Noun. (countable and uncountable) The seed-like fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavouring of liqueurs such as ouzo. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aniseed
1. the seed of the anise used as a flavoring [n -S]
Medical Definition of Aniseed
1. The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. "Oil of aniseed." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aniseed
Literary usage of Aniseed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1862)
"Oil of aniseed.—Anisic Series. (1274) The essential oils furnished by the seeds
of Pimpinella anisum, or common anise, of the Anethum ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"By distilling aniseed with water, a slightly yellowish essential oil is obtained,
... This substance is called concrete oil of aniseed^ and its formula is ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"aniseed oil is colorless to pale yellow; it is liquid at a higher temperature,
but on exposure to cold becomes thickly-fluid to solid. ..."
4. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"It is called the aniseed Tree, from lu smell bearing a strong resemblance to that of
... The Florida aniseed Tree, red-flowered Anise-seed Tree, Hor. ..."
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