anise

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  1. noun An annual, aromatic Mediterranean herb (Pimpinella anisum) in the parsley family, cultivated for its seedlike fruits and the oil obtained from them and used to flavor foods, liqueurs, and candies.
  2. noun Anise seed.

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  • Lebanon is famous for its red wine, but Alcazar, in the gentle levant of Encino, also serves oceans of arak, an anise-scented Lebanese liquor that turns milky when you stir it with ice and cool water. —  LA Weekly | Complete Issue
  • The generous pouring of anise-flavored Ouzo and Greek wine, congregating with all the food to create a lusty, euphoric glow that radiates from your belly outward. —  Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue
  • Meringues and anise-scented biscotti arrive with the bill. —  Home | The New York Observer
  • Fair warning, though: Marilyn Manson also favors the anise-flavored beverage and even has his own brand, dubbed "Mansinthe." —  Houston Press | Complete Issue
  • Flight 2: (All Cabernet Sauvignon) 2005 Rockledge The Rocks: Blackberries, anise, chocolate, spice, herbs, heat, tannins. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English anis, from Old French, from Latin anīsum, from Greek annēson, annīson.

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  1. Early modern English also anis, annis, from Middle English anys, aneys, annes, from Old French (and modern F.) anis = Provencal Spanish Portuguese anis = D, anijs = Danish Swedish anis = Middle High German anis, enis, German anis (later Servian anizh, anezh, Sloven, janezh), from Latin anisum, also spelled anesum and anethum (later F. aneth, later English anet, q. v.), = Russian anisŭ = Bulgarian Servian anason = Arabic Turk, anīsūn, anise, from Greek ἂνηθον or ἂννηθον, Ion. ἂνησον or ἂννησον, later Attic ἂνισον or ἂννισον, anise, dill.
 

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