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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

anise , annual plant ( Pimpinella anisum ) of the family Umbelliferae ( parsley family), native to the Mediterranean region but long cultivated elsewhere for its aromatic and medicinal qualities. It has flat-topped clusters of small yellow or white flowers that become seedlike fruits—the aniseed of commerce, used in food flavoring. Anise oil is derived from the seeds and sometimes from the leaves. The oil, composed chiefly of anethole, is used in medicinals, dentifrices, perfumes, beverages, and, in drag hunting, to scent a trail for dogs in the absence of a fox. The anise of the Bible (Mat. 23.23) is dill, a plant of the same family. Anisette is an anise-flavored liqueur.

Anise oil is also obtained from the fruit of the Chinese star anise ( Illicium verum ), an unrelated, slow-growing evergreen tree native to SE China and NE Vietnam that can reach 60 ft (18 m) in height. The unripe, anise-flavored, star-shaped fruit of the tree is used whole or ground in Asian cooking as spice and in traditional Asian medicine. A compound extracted from the fruit is used to make the anti-influenza drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu).

Anise is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Apiales, family Umbelliferae. Star anise is classified in the class Magnoliopsida, order Illiciales, family Illiciaceae.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

an·ise / ˈanis/ • n. 1. a Mediterranean plant (Pimpinella anisum) of the parsley family, cultivated for its aromatic seeds, used in cooking and herbal medicine. 2. an Asian or American tree or shrub (genus Illicium, family Illiciaceae) that bears fruit with an aniseedlike odor, esp. star anise (I. verum), used in Chinese cooking.

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A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Anise ♀ Modern coinage, apparently from the name of the aniseed plant (Old French anis, from Latin and Greek). For other modern first names derived from spices, see Clove and Juniper. It is possible that it was influenced by the medieval first name Annis.
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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

anise (anis) Liqueur made by infusion of aniseed berries in spirit; may be sweet or dry. French sweet anise liqueur is anisette. Pastis is prepared by distillation of anise and liquorice rather than infusion.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

anise umbelliferous plant with aromatic seeds. XIV. — (O)F. anis :- L. ánīsum — Gr. ānīson.
Hence aniseed XIV (anece seed).
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

anise •anise, Janice •Daphnis • Agnes •harness, Kiwanis •Dennis, Ennis, Glenys, menace, tennis, Venice •feyness, gayness, greyness (US grayness) •finis, penis •Glynis, Innes, pinnace •Widnes • bigness • lychnis • illness •dimness • hipness •fitness, witness •Erinys • iciness •dryness, flyness, shyness, slyness, wryness •cornice •Adonis, Clones, Issigonis •coyness •Eunice, Tunis •Bernice, furnace •Thespis • precipice • coppice • hospice •auspice • Serapis

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