"star anise" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: star anises [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} star anise (countable and uncountable, plural star anises)
  1. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Spices, Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Magnoliids Synonyms (Illicium verum): Chinese star anise, true star anise Derived forms: Japanese star anise (taxonomic: Illicium anisatum), swamp star anise (taxonomic: Illicium parviflorum) Translations (a plant, Illicium verum): steranys (Afrikaans), баҙыян (baźıyan) (Bashkir), әнис (ənis) (Bashkir), နာနတ်ပွင့် (nanatpwang.) (Burmese), badiana [feminine] (Catalan), anis (Cebuano), sangki (Cebuano), 八角 (poeh-kak / peh-kak) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 八角香 (peh-kak-hiuⁿ / poeh-kak-hiuⁿ / peh-kak-hioⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 八角 (baat³ gok³) (Chinese Cantonese), 八角 (bājiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 八角茴香 (bājiǎohuíxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 大茴香 (dàhuíxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), stjerneanis [common-gender] (Danish), steranijs [masculine] (Dutch), 八角 (báik-gáe̤k) (Eastern Min Chinese), 八角香 (báik-gáe̤k-hiŏng) (Eastern Min Chinese), stelanizo (Esperanto), tähtianis (Finnish), anis étoilé [masculine] (French), badiane chinoise [feminine] (French), étoile d’anis [feminine] (French), anis étoile [masculine] (French), anís estrelado [masculine] (Galician), Sternanis [masculine] (German), αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος (asteroeidís glykánisos) [masculine] (Greek), चक्र फूल (cakra phūl) [masculine] (Hindi), csillagánizs [singular] (Hungarian), bunga lawang (Indonesian), anice stellato [masculine] (Italian), 唐樒 (tōshikimi) (Japanese), 大茴香 (daiuikyō) (Japanese), 八角茴香 (hakkaku uikyō) (Japanese), ចាន់ការី (cankaarii) (Khmer), 팔각 (palgak) (Korean), 스타아니스 (seutaaniseu) (Korean), zvaigžņainais anīss [masculine] (Latvian), anīskoks [masculine] (Latvian), bunga lawang (Malay), kopoti whetū (Maori), stjerneanis (Norwegian), badiana [feminine] (Occitan), بادیان (bâdiyân) (Persian), badian właściwy [masculine] (Polish), anis-estrelado [masculine] (Portuguese), estrela-de-anis [feminine] (Portuguese), anason stelat [masculine] (Romanian), badian [masculine] (Romanian), звёздчатый ани́с (zvjózdčatyj anís) [masculine] (Russian), zvezdasti janež [masculine] (Slovene), anís estrellado [masculine] (Spanish), anís estrella [masculine] (Spanish), badián [masculine] (Spanish), badiana [feminine] (Spanish), stjärnanis [common-gender] (Swedish), โป๊ยกั้ก (bpóoy gák) (Thai), ལི་ཤི་མཚོན་འཁོར (li shi mtshon 'khor) (Tibetan), hoa cáp (Tày), đại hồi (Vietnamese), hồi (Vietnamese), đại hồi hương (Vietnamese)
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  2. The star-shaped seed used as a spice. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the spice): နာနတ်ပွင့် (nanatpwang.) (Burmese), anís estrellat [masculine] (Catalan), anis (Cebuano), sangki (Cebuano), αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος (asteroeidís glykánisos) [masculine] (Greek), csillagánizs [singular] (Hungarian), 八角 (hakkaku) (alt: はっかく) (Japanese), スターアニス (sta anisu) (Japanese), ចាន់ការី (cankaarii) (Khmer), zvaigžņainais anīss [masculine] (Latvian), kopoti whetū (Maori), anyż gwiaździsty [masculine] (Polish), anyż gwiazdkowy [masculine] (Polish), badian [masculine] (Polish), badianek [masculine] (Polish), badián [masculine] (Slovak), sangke (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-star_anise-en-noun-OMlLoZij Disambiguation of 'the spice': 44 56

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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
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            "masculine"
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            "masculine"
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "roman": "cakra phūl",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "चक्र फूल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
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            "singular"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "bunga lawang"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anice stellato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tōshikimi",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "唐樒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "daiuikyō",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "大茴香"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hakkaku uikyō",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "八角茴香"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cankaarii",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "ចាន់ការី"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "palgak",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "팔각"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seutaaniseu",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "스타아니스"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zvaigžņainais anīss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anīskoks"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "bunga lawang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "kopoti whetū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "stjerneanis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "badiana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bâdiyân",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "بادیان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "badian właściwy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anis-estrelado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "estrela-de-anis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anason stelat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "badian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zvjózdčatyj anís",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "звёздчатый ани́с"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zvezdasti janež"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anís estrellado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anís estrella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "badián"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "badiana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "stjärnanis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bpóoy gák",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "โป๊ยกั้ก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "li shi mtshon 'khor",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "ལི་ཤི་མཚོན་འཁོར"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tyz",
          "lang": "Tày",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "hoa cáp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "đại hồi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "hồi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
          "word": "đại hồi hương"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The star-shaped seed used as a spice."
      ],
      "id": "en-star_anise-en-noun-OMlLoZij",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "nanatpwang.",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "word": "နာနတ်ပွင့်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anís estrellat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "word": "anis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "word": "sangki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "asteroeidís glykánisos",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "tags": [
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "csillagánizs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "alt": "はっかく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hakkaku",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "word": "八角"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sta anisu",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "word": "スターアニス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cankaarii",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "word": "ចាន់ការី"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zvaigžņainais anīss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "word": "kopoti whetū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anyż gwiaździsty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "anyż gwiazdkowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "badian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "badianek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "badián"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 56",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "the spice",
          "word": "sangke"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Terms with Cebuano translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
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    "Terms with Eastern Min translations",
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hokkien translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
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    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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    "Terms with Occitan translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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    "Terms with Tibetan translations",
    "Terms with Tày translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Illicium anisatum",
      "word": "Japanese star anise"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Illicium parviflorum",
      "word": "swamp star anise"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "star anises",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "~"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
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        [
          "Illicium verum",
          "Illicium verum#Translingual"
        ],
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          "star",
          "star"
        ],
        [
          "anise",
          "anise"
        ],
        [
          "shikimic acid",
          "shikimic acid"
        ],
        [
          "Tamiflu",
          "Tamiflu"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The star-shaped seed used as a spice."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "Illicium verum",
      "word": "Chinese star anise"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Illicium verum",
      "word": "true star anise"
    }
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "steranys"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "baźıyan",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "баҙыян"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ənis",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "әнис"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "nanatpwang.",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "နာနတ်ပွင့်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "badiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "anis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "sangki"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "baat³ gok³",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "八角"
    },
    {
      "code": "cdo",
      "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
      "roman": "báik-gáe̤k",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "八角"
    },
    {
      "code": "cdo",
      "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
      "roman": "báik-gáe̤k-hiŏng",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "八角香"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "poeh-kak / peh-kak",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "八角"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "peh-kak-hiuⁿ / poeh-kak-hiuⁿ / peh-kak-hioⁿ",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "八角香"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bājiǎo",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "八角"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bājiǎohuíxiāng",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "八角茴香"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàhuíxiāng",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "大茴香"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stjerneanis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "steranijs"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "stelanizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "tähtianis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anis étoilé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "badiane chinoise"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "étoile d’anis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anis étoile"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anís estrelado"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sternanis"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "asteroeidís glykánisos",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cakra phūl",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "चक्र फूल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "csillagánizs"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "bunga lawang"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anice stellato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōshikimi",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "唐樒"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daiuikyō",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "大茴香"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakkaku uikyō",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "八角茴香"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cankaarii",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "ចាន់ការី"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "palgak",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "팔각"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seutaaniseu",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "스타아니스"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zvaigžņainais anīss"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anīskoks"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "bunga lawang"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "kopoti whetū"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "stjerneanis"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "badiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâdiyân",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "بادیان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "badian właściwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anis-estrelado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estrela-de-anis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anason stelat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "badian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zvjózdčatyj anís",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "звёздчатый ани́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zvezdasti janež"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anís estrellado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anís estrella"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "badián"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "badiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stjärnanis"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpóoy gák",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "โป๊ยกั้ก"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "li shi mtshon 'khor",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "ལི་ཤི་མཚོན་འཁོར"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyz",
      "lang": "Tày",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "hoa cáp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "đại hồi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "hồi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a plant, Illicium verum",
      "word": "đại hồi hương"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "nanatpwang.",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "word": "နာနတ်ပွင့်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anís estrellat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "word": "anis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "word": "sangki"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "asteroeidís glykánisos",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "csillagánizs"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はっかく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakkaku",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "word": "八角"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sta anisu",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "word": "スターアニス"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cankaarii",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "word": "ចាន់ការី"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zvaigžņainais anīss"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "word": "kopoti whetū"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anyż gwiaździsty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anyż gwiazdkowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "badian"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "badianek"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "badián"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the spice",
      "word": "sangke"
    }
  ],
  "word": "star anise"
}

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