star aniseed

1. 1.

   anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine

   SynonymsChinese anisestar anise

   Broaderspice

   Part ofstar anise

Questions about star aniseed

What does star aniseed mean?

star aniseed means "anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine".

What is another word for star aniseed?

Close synonyms include Chinese anise, 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 star aniseed a common word?

star aniseed 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.