PURPLE ANISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purple anise mean? 

• PURPLE ANISE (noun)
  The noun PURPLE ANISE has 1 sense:

1. small shrubby tree with purple flowers; found in wet soils of southeastern United States

  Familiarity information: PURPLE ANISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURPLE ANISE (noun)

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Meaning:

Small shrubby tree with purple flowers; found in wet soils of southeastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Illicium floridanum; purple anise

Hypernyms ("purple anise" is a kind of...):

anise tree (any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium)

Holonyms ("purple anise" is a member of...):

genus Illicium; Illicium (anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves)