anise

(eg. origin, butterfly, flower )

anise /ˈæ nəs/ ?

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(n) native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
(n) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors

They practice it still by making arak, a grape-based anise-flavored drink.
The result was peasant fare made exotic: curried crab with quails' eggs, pig's ear and papaya salad, rabbit stewed in wine, cinnamon and star anise.
The botanically innocent scholars who produced the King James Version turned aspens into mulberries and dill into anise.

"We take fresh cranberries and cook them in a mixture of orange juice, red wine, star anise, zest and - just because we like to - we put a chili pepper in there," Bailey says.
on Dec 30, 2008 By: Bill Bailey Source: Nashua Telegraph
"There's something so elementally true about getting and understanding what role broth plays and how incredibly satisfying that is," Bayless said. "I like the very gentle spicing in it, that hint of star anise. It's gentle, doesn't hit you...
on Apr 14, 2010 By: Rick Bayless Source: Chicago Tribune