anise plant
native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery • Syn: anise, Pimpinella anisum • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Pimpinella, genus Pimpinella • Part Meronyms: anise, aniseed, anise seed
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