ANISE SEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anise seed mean? 

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

1. liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANISE SEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

anise; anise seed; aniseed

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

flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

Holonyms ("anise seed" is a 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)

Holonyms ("anise seed" is a substance of...):

anise cookie (cookie made without butter and flavored with anise seed)

ouzo (a Greek liquor flavored with anise)

absinth; absinthe (strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise)

anisette; anisette de Bordeaux (liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed)

pastis (similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood)

Pernod ((registered trademark) a liqueur flavored with anise)