| NOUN | plant | genus Illicium, Illicium | anise trees |
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| Meaning | anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves. | |
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| Synonym | Illicium | |
| Member of | Magnoliaceae, family Magnoliaceae, magnolia family | subclass Magnoliidae |
| Members | anise tree | Any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium |
| 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 | magnoliid dicot genus | genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms |
| Spanish | genus illicium, illicium | |
| Catalan | genus illicium, illicium | |
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