star anise

English

Star anise.

star anise (countable and uncountable, plural star anises)

A plant, Illicium verum, used primarily for its star-shaped seed which resembles anise in scent and flavor, and which is used as a spice. Valued for its decorative shape as well as its flavor. Also used commercially as a source of shikimic acid for the production of Tamiflu.
The star-shaped seed used as a spice.

a plant, Illicium verum

Afrikaans: steranys
Catalan: anís estrellat m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 八角 (baat³ gok³)

Mandarin: 八角 (zh) (bājiǎo), 八角茴香 (zh) (bājiǎohuíxiāng), 大茴香 (zh) (dàhuíxiāng)
Danish: stjerneanis c
Dutch: steranijs (nl) m
Esperanto: stelanizo
Finnish: tähtianis (fi)
French: anis étoile m, badiane chinoise f
Galician: anís estrelado (gl) m
German: Sternanis m
Greek: αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος m (asteroeidís glykánisos)
Indonesian: bunga lawang (id)

the spice

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