illicium anisatum

1. 1.

   small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant

   Synonymsstar anise

   Broaderanise tree

   Part ofIllicium

Questions about illicium anisatum

What does illicium anisatum mean?

illicium anisatum means "small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant".

What is another word for illicium anisatum?

Close synonyms include star anise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is illicium anisatum a common word?

illicium anisatum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.