| NOUN | plant | anise tree | any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium |
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| Meaning | Any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium. | |
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| Member of | Illicium, genus Illicium | anise trees |
| Narrower | purple anise, Illicium floridanum | small shrubby tree with purple flowers |
| star anise, Chinese anise, Illicium verum | small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative | |
| star anise, Illicium anisatum | small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan | |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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