anise

See also: anisé and a-nise

English

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Pimpinella anisum

Etymology

Etymology tree
Egyptian jnstbor.
Ancient Greek ἄνῑσον (ánīson)der.
Latin anīsumder.
Old French anisbor.
Middle English anys
English anise
    Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#ANISECategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ANISECategory:English terms derived from Old French#ANISECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ANISECategory:English terms derived from Latin#ANISECategory:English terms derived from Egyptian#ANISECategory:Pages with etymology trees#ANISECategory:English entries with etymology trees#ANISECategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#ANISE Category:English terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate#ANISE

    From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ANISECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ANISE anys, borrowed from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#ANISE anis, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ANISE anīsum, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ANISE ἄνισον (ánison), from EgyptianCategory:English terms derived from Egyptian#ANISE jnst.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    anise (countable and uncountable, plural anises)Category:English lemmas#ANISECategory:English nouns#ANISECategory:English uncountable nouns#ANISECategory:English countable nouns#ANISECategory:English countable nouns#ANISECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ANISECategory:Pages with entries#ANISECategory:Pages with 3 entries#ANISE

    2. 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. It has a licorice scent.
      • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 212:
        A concoction consisting of saffron, orange blossoms, dried dates, anise, wild carrots, and egg yolk, boiled in clear water into which honey and the blood of two freshly killed doves have been poured, is recommended by Arabs as a sexual inducement.
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    3. (USCategory:American English#ANISE, often qualified as "sweet anise" or "wild aniseCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#wild%20anise") Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare.
      • 1934, The Gull (Golden Gate Audubon Society), volumes 16-29, page 25:
        […] of the butcherbirds which were perched on the electric wires skirting the road must be nesting birds, and that in the absence of trees or brush they must be nesting in some of the weeds along the highway, mostly anise (Foeniculum vulgare).

    Usage notes

    • Although fennel is sometimes referred to as anise (even in books), such usage is considered incorrect and leads to confusion with true anise.

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    Anagrams

    Category:en:Apieae tribe plants#ANISECategory:en:Celery family plants#ANISECategory:en:Spices#ANISE

    French

    Verb

    aniseCategory:French non-lemma forms#ANISECategory:French verb forms#ANISECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ANISECategory:Pages with entries#ANISECategory:Pages with 3 entries#ANISE

    1. inflection of aniser:
      1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. second-person singular imperative

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    Spanish

    Verb

    aniseCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#ANISECategory:Spanish verb forms#ANISECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ANISECategory:Pages with entries#ANISECategory:Pages with 3 entries#ANISE

    1. inflection of anisar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative
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