Illicium

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true oil of anise.

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illicium
illĭcĭum (inl-), ii, n. [illicio], that which entices, an allurement, inducement (ante-class.). I...

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