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star anise en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A plant, Illicium verum, used primarily for its starshaped seed which resembles anise in scent and flavor, and which is used as a spice.
2. (countable, uncountable) The starshaped seed used as a spice.

Forms

Deriveds

swamp star anise · Japanese star anise

Synonyms

true star anise (Illicium verum) · aniseed star · Chinese star anise (Illicium verum) · star aniseed

Translations (92)

es anís estrellado (a plant, Illicium verum) · ko 팔각 (a plant, Illicium verum) · pl anyż gwiaździsty (the spice) · da stjerneanis (a plant, Illicium verum) · ro badian (a plant, Illicium verum) · ja スターアニス (the spice) · pt anis-estrelado (a plant, Illicium verum) · ca anís estrellat (the spice) · ceb sangki (a plant, Illicium verum) · vi đại hồi hương (a plant, Illicium verum) · id bunga lawang (a plant, Illicium verum) · mi kopoti whetū (a plant, Illicium verum) · fr badiane chinoise (a plant, Illicium verum) · km ចាន់ការី (a plant, Illicium verum) · vi đại hồi (a plant, Illicium verum) · gl anís estrelado (a plant, Illicium verum) · nan-hbl 八角香 (a plant, Illicium verum) · de Sternanis (a plant, Illicium verum) · ja 八角 (the spice) · sl zvezdasti janež (a plant, Illicium verum) · nl steranijs (a plant, Illicium verum) · sk badián (the spice) · ar ينسون نجمي (a plant, Illicium verum) · fr anis étoilé (a plant, Illicium verum) · ceb anis (the spice) · bo ལི་ཤི་མཚོན་འཁོར (a plant, Illicium verum) · es badiana (a plant, Illicium verum) · th โป๊ยกั้ก (a plant, Illicium verum) · eo stelanizo (a plant, Illicium verum) · fr anis étoile (a plant, Illicium verum) · ba баҙыян (a plant, Illicium verum) · mr चक्रफूल (the spice) · tl sangke (the spice) · ru звёздчатый ани́с (a plant, Illicium verum) · es anís estrella (a plant, Illicium verum) · ja 八角茴香 (a plant, Illicium verum) · lv zvaigžņainais anīss (the spice) · mi kopoti whetū (the spice) · ca badiana (a plant, Illicium verum) · hu csillagánizs (the spice) · af steranys (a plant, Illicium verum) · el αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος (the spice) · cmn 八角茴香 (a plant, Illicium verum) · pt estrela-de-anis (a plant, Illicium verum) · my နာနတ်ပွင့် (a plant, Illicium verum) · tyz hoa cáp (a plant, Illicium verum) · pl anyż gwiazdkowy (the spice) · fr étoile d'anis (a plant, Illicium verum) · ar ليسوم حقيقي (the spice) · vi hồi (a plant, Illicium verum) · ja 大茴香 (a plant, Illicium verum) · ceb anis (a plant, Illicium verum) · km ចាន់ការី (the spice) · hu csillagánizs (a plant, Illicium verum) · no stjerneanis (a plant, Illicium verum) · lv anīskoks (a plant, Illicium verum) · ar باديان (the spice) · cmn 大茴香 (a plant, Illicium verum) · cy coeden anis (a plant, Illicium verum) · ceb sangki (the spice) · it anice stellato (a plant, Illicium verum) · ms bunga lawang (a plant, Illicium verum) · oc badiana (a plant, Illicium verum) · ga réalt-ainís (a plant, Illicium verum) · hi चक्र फूल (a plant, Illicium verum) · ba әнис (a plant, Illicium verum) · ar ينسون نجمي (the spice) · ar باديان (a plant, Illicium verum) · ja 唐樒 (a plant, Illicium verum) · mr चक्रफूल (a plant, Illicium verum) · cmn 八角 (a plant, Illicium verum) · pl badianek (the spice) · fa بادیان (a plant, Illicium verum) · yue 八角 (a plant, Illicium verum) · cdo 八角香 (a plant, Illicium verum) · lv zvaigžņainais anīss (a plant, Illicium verum) · ar ليسوم حقيقي (a plant, Illicium verum) · kn ಚಕ್ರಮೊಗ್ಗು (the spice) · ms bunga lawang (the spice) · fi tähtianis (a plant, Illicium verum) · ml തക്കോലം (a plant, Illicium verum) · pl badian właściwy (a plant, Illicium verum) · pl badian (the spice) · ko 스타아니스 (a plant, Illicium verum) · nan-hbl 八角 (a plant, Illicium verum) · es badián (a plant, Illicium verum) · el αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος (a plant, Illicium verum) · ca anís estrellat (a plant, Illicium verum) · my နာနတ်ပွင့် (the spice) · ro anason stelat (a plant, Illicium verum) · sv stjärnanis (a plant, Illicium verum) · cdo 八角 (a plant, Illicium verum)