illicium verum

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1. small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	anise tree,
definition	:	any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	chinese anise, star anise, star aniseed,
definition	:	anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine (noun.food)

member meronym	:	genus illicium, illicium,
definition	:	anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves (noun.plant)