Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The seed of the anise. See
anise . - noun See
anisette .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable and uncountable The
seed -likefruit of theanise , used in baking and in the flavouring ofliqueurs such asouzo .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He'd soak small pieces of meat in aniseed oil and stick them in his pockets.
CHAPTER XXVIII 2010
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He'd soak small pieces of meat in aniseed oil and stick them in his pockets.
Chapter 28 1917
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Meditatively I smoke a cigarette and sip a pale greenish liquor smelling strongly of aniseed, which isn't half so interesting as a commonplace whiskey and soda, but which, I am told, has the recommendation of being ten times as wicked.
Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance Richard Le Gallienne 1906
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Meditatively I smoke a cigarette and sip a pale greenish liquor smelling strongly of aniseed, which is
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A friend of mine recntly made one of these, but with some kind of aniseed liqueur? in it.
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The manufacturers suspect it is because they contain aniseed which is also apparently a key ingredient of Tamiflu.
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The manufacturers suspect it is because they contain aniseed which is also apparently a key ingredient of Tamiflu.
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The manufacturers suspect it is because they contain aniseed which is also apparently a key ingredient of Tamiflu.
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The manufacturers suspect it is because they contain aniseed which is also apparently a key ingredient of Tamiflu.
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The manufacturers suspect it is because they contain aniseed which is also apparently a key ingredient of Tamiflu.
chained_bear commented on the word aniseed
Usage/historical note can be found in comment on cubebs.
January 8, 2017