star anise   (TTS Sound)

The noun star anise has 3 senses

• 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; flowers are not fragrant)


• Chinese anise, star anise, star aniseed -- (anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine)