anise

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
noun liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors

From Middle English anys, borrowed from Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison), from Egyptian jnst.

"Anisette, a liquor made from the oil of anise--from seeds of the anise plant. — Plague Ship, Andre Norton
How should he perceive, amid this tithe-paying of mint, and anise, and cummin, the weightier matters which were left undone? — Desperate Remedies, Thomas Hardy
Arrack made from grapes and flavored with anise seed, and candy baked in little white balls like marbles, are served with the indispensable cigarette; for long callers, the pipe. — Children of the Tenements, Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

anise plant, Pimpinella anisum

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