ANISE Synonyms

• any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems

• aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads

• leaves used for seasoning

• fennel seeds are ground and used as a spice or as an ingredient of a spice mixture

• deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots

• a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant

• small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative

• small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant

• anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine

• 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, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors

• native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery