Anise is a plant whose seed gives a liquorice flavour. Oil of anise, anise seed, flavoured with anise.
It is a different plant from star anise, which comes from a Chinese tree, though both hold the same compound and taste alike. Pastis, ouzo and sambuca are all built on it, and they turn cloudy with water for that reason.
1nounaniseA plant whose seed gives a liquorice flavour.
“The Christmas biscuits were flavoured with anise and orange peel.”
anise is a plant.
Greek anison names the plant and reached English through Latin and Old French.
Middle English
anys
English, today
anise
From Middle English anys. From Middle English anys, borrowed from Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον, from egy jnst.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA