An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. Has a licorice scent
A small annual plant from the parsley family was used as far back as 1500 B C The leaves and the seeds have a distinctive sweet licorice flavor Used to flavor a number of confections and savory dishes
Seeds Alpha-pinene, creosol, dianethole, essential oils, proanethole Aids digestion, clears mucus from air passages, combats infection, and promotes milk production in nursing mothers Good for indigestion and for respiratory infections such as sinusitis Also helpful for menopausal symptoms Used in many popular products as a fragrance & flavoring
- originated in the Middle East, where it is grown today as a commercial crop Small white flowers bloom in mid-summer, followed by tiny licorice-flavored fruits called aniseed Aniseed adds rich flavor to cookies, cakes, candies, bread, and applesauce It is widely used in Indian curries and stews Use fresh leaves in salad
Small, annual member of the parsley family Also Known As: Aniseed Examples: Anise is used to flavour licorice dishes Common Misspellings: Anees, Anis Related Terms
A spice which produces a licorice-like flavor Purchased ground to a powder or in seed form Utilized in flavoring cookies, cakes and liqueurs See Aniseed
A herb, available both ground and in seed form, whose flavor is reminiscent of licorice Used for flavoring curries, soups, cakes, breads, candies, desserts, nonalcoholic beverage, and such liqueurs as anisette
This word is found only in Matt 23: 23 It is the plant commonly known by the name of dill, the Peucedanum graveolens of the botanist This name dill is derived from a Norse word which means to soothe, the plant having the carminative property of allaying pain The common dill, the Anethum graveolens, is an annual growing wild in the cornfields of Spain and Portugal and the south of Europe generally There is also a species of dill cultivated in Eastern countries known by the name of shubit It was this species of garden plant of which the Pharisees were in the habit of paying tithes The Talmud requires that the seeds, leaves, and stem of dill shall pay tithes It is an umbelliferous plant, very like the caraway, its leaves, which are aromatic, being used in soups and pickles The proper anise is the Pimpinella anisum
liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes or pickles native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
Anise is a plant with seeds that have a strong smell and taste. It is often made into an alcoholic drink. a plant with seeds that have a strong taste (anis, from anisum, from anneson). Annual herb (Pimpinella anisum) of the parsley family, cultivated chiefly for its fruit, called aniseed, which tastes like licorice. Native to Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean region, anise is cultivated throughout the world. Aniseed is used as a flavouring and as a soothing herbal tea. Star anise is the dried fruit of the evergreen tree Illicium verum (magnolia family), native to southeastern China and Vietnam. Its flavour and uses are similar to those of anise
A North American perennial herb (Agastache foeniculum) in the mint family, having spikelike clusters of violet-blue flowers and aromatic leaves sometimes used for tea
A plant, Illicium verum, used primarily for its star-shaped seed which resembles anise in scent and flavor, and which is used as a spice. Valued for its decorative shape as well as its flavor. Also used commercially as a source of shikimic acid for the production of Tamiflu
small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative