PIMPINELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pimpinella mean? 

• PIMPINELLA (noun)
  The noun PIMPINELLA has 1 sense:

1. anise

  Familiarity information: PIMPINELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIMPINELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pimpinella; Pimpinella

Hypernyms ("Pimpinella" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Pimpinella"):

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)

Holonyms ("Pimpinella" is a member of...):

Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)

 Context examples 

An essential oil derived from Pimpinella anisum.

(Anise Oil, NCI Thesaurus)