illicium
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1. anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | magnoliid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | anise tree, |
| definition | : | any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | illicium floridanum, purple anise, |
| definition | : | small shrubby tree with purple flowers; found in wet soils of southeastern United States (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | chinese anise, illicium verum, star anise, |
| definition | : | small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative (noun.plant) |
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