star anise

star anise
1. Also called Chinese anise. a shrub or small tree, Illicium verum, of China, having white flowers that turn purple and bearing anise-scented, star-shaped clusters of carminative fruit.
2. the fruit of this tree or shrub, used as a spice.
[1830-40]

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