Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun illicium_verum

1 sense of illicium verum

Sense 1
star anise, Chinese anise, Illicium verum -- (small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative)
       => anise tree -- (any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium)