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Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent. · Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare.
Etymology tree Egyptian jnstbor. Ancient Greek ἄνῑσον (ánīson)bor. Latin anīsumder. Old French anisbor. Middle English anys English anise From Middle English anys, borrowed from Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison), from Egyptian jnst.
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