aniseed
The seedlike fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavoring of liqueurs such…The seedlike fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavoring of liqueurs such as ouzo.
» Annie likes aniseed lollipops.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)The seedlike fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavoring of liqueurs such as ouzo.
Anissamen
ани́совое се́мяanísovoje sémja, плод ани́саplod anísa, ани́сanís
- liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors
Examples
3 sentencesAnnie likes aniseed lollipops.
It's an aniseed-flavoured drink.
When the weasel arrived, Nemesio was making himself some blueberry and boletus soup with aniseed.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English anece seed, aneys seede, annys sede, equivalent to anise + seed.From Middle English anece seed, aneys seede, annys sede, equivalent to anise + seed.
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Forms
plural: aniseedsSynonyms
2 synonyms- liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors:aniseanise seed
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.