Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of eastern Asiatic and American evergreen shrubs, belonging to the natural order Magnoliaceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of
Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true oil of anise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun ichthyology The modified
dorsal fin on the head ofanglerfish , acting as alure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves
Etymologies
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Latin illicio ("entice")
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Hmmmmm. Look at all those semi-foreign words above: globose, illicium, gelatinous -- all of a sudden I got me a hankerin 'for some Arby's.
Mitchieville 2008
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They possess an illicium and esca; the former being a modified dorsal spine-the "fishing rod" - and the latter being the bulbous, bioluminescent "fishing lure".
Mitchieville 2008
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