star_anise has definitions from the fields of food,botany
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[ noun ] (botany) small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant

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anise_tree Illicium

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[ noun ] (botany) small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative
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[ noun ] (food) anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Oriental cooking and medicine

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spice five_spice_powder

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