star aniseed

English Thesaurus

1. anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine (noun.food)

hypernym	:	spice,
definition	:	any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food (noun.food)

part meronym	:	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)

substance meronym	:	five spice powder,
definition	:	Chinese seasoning made by grinding star anise and fennel and pepper and cloves and cinnamon (noun.food)