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• n  small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative
• n  small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant
• n  anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine

• Chinese anise
• Illicium verum
• Illicium anisatum
• star aniseed

News & Articles

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• A New Downtown Coffee Bar Upholds the Bean's Italian Traditions—and Creates a Few New Ones
  Iced espresso with mint and lime (far left); iced coffee with ginger, apple, and star anise (top); On the Rocks (center); caffè freddo (right); Shakerato (bottom). Now that iced-coffee season has commenced, the bean cognoscenti have sought relief in all the usual places—especially the spiffy new outposts of cult roasters like Stumptown, Intelligentsia, and Blue Bottle. But one of the best new ...
  June 9, 2013 - New York Magazine