English > aniseed: 1 sense > noun 1, food| Meaning | liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors. |
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| Synonyms | anise, anise seed |
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| Part of | anise, anise plant, Pimpinella anisum | Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery |
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| Broader | flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning | Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts |
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| Substance of | Pernod | (registered trademark) a liqueur flavored with anise |
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| absinth, absinthe | Strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise |
| anise cookie | cookie made without butter and flavored with anise seed |
| anisette, anisette de Bordeaux | liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed |
| ouzo | A Greek liquor flavored with anise |
| pastis | Similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood |
| Spanish | anís |
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| Catalan | anís |
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