Anise

['ænɪs]

解释:

(noun.) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors.

(noun.) native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.

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解释:

(n.) An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.

(n.) The fruit or seeds of this plant.

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解释:

n. an umbelliferous plant the aromatic seeds of which are used in making cordials. The anise of Matt. xxiii. 23 (Gr. anēthon) is properly the dill.—ns. An′iseed; Anisette′ a cordial or liqueur prepared from anise seed.

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