WordNet
star aniseed
n. anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Oriental cooking and medicine [syn: Chinese anise, star anise]
Usage examples of "star aniseed".
Cardamomum Siberiense (Star Aniseed), Annis de Siberie of the seventeenth century and badiane of the French, is from Illicium verum, the fruit of which is chiefly used in preparing a volatile oil resembling the official oil of Anise.