English noun: anise plant | |||
1. | anise plant (plant) native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery | ||
Synonyms | anise, Pimpinella anisum | ||
Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
Part holonym | anise, anise seed, aniseed | ||
Member meronym | genus Pimpinella, Pimpinella | ||