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illicium
| illicium anisatum
| illicium floridanum
| illicium verum
| illighten
| illimani
illicium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun illicium has 1 sense
- illicium(n = noun.plant) genus illicium - anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves; Array is a kind of magnoliid dicot genus
is a member of family magnoliaceae, magnolia family, magnoliaceae
CIDE DICTIONARY
illicium, n. [So called, in allusion to its aroma, from L. illicium an allurement.].
A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true oil of anise. [1913 Webster]
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