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ANISE

\ˈanɪs], \ˈanɪs], \ˈa_n_ɪ_s]\

Definitions of ANISE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes or pickles

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes or pickles

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.
The fruit or seeds of this plant.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.
The fruit or seeds of this plant.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A plant genus in the family APIACEAE (Umbelliferae) that is used in SPICES and is a source of anethole.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

An Egyptian plant yielding the aromatic aniseed.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

The fruit of Pimpinella anisum; see anisum.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Aromatic plant, the seeds of which are used in making cordials.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A plant having aromatic seeds.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A small North-African plant.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

An annual plant whose seeds have an aromatic smell, and pleasant warm taste.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Pimpinella anisum-a. Star, Illicium anisatum, I. Floridanum-a. Tree, Florida, Illicium Floridanum-a. Tree, yellow-flowered, Illicium anisatum.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Fruits of Pimpinella anisum; expectorant and carminative.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The plant Pimpinella anisum.
Aniseed [U. S. Ph.]. The fruit of Pimpinella anisum. It contains a volatile oil, rich in anethol, which is an aromatic stimulant and carminative. In the form of a. water it is much used as a vehicle.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Greek] A plant bearing aromatic seeds.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

A species of apium or parsley, with large sweet scented seeds.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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