star anise

English

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Noun

star anise (countable and uncountable, plural star anises)

A plant, Illicium verum, used primarily for its star-shaped seed which resembles anise in scent and flavor, and which is used as a spice.
The star-shaped seed used as a spice.
Synonyms: aniseed star, star aniseed

Synonyms

(Illicium verum): Chinese star anise, true star anise

Derived terms

Translations

a plant, Illicium verum

Afrikaans: steranys
Arabic: ليسوم حقيقي m (līsūm ħaqīqi), ينسون نجمي m (yansūn najmi), باديان m (bādiyān)
Bashkir: баҙыян (baźıyan), әнис (ənis)
Burmese: နာနတ်ပွင့် (nanatpwang.)
Catalan: badiana f, anís estrellat
Cebuano: anis, sangki
Chinese:
Cantonese: 八角 (baat³ gok³)

Eastern Min: 八角 (báik-gáe̤k), 八角香 (báik-gáe̤k-hiŏng)

Hokkien: 八角 (poeh-kak / peh-kak), 八角香 (peh-kak-hiuⁿ / poeh-kak-hiuⁿ / peh-kak-hioⁿ)

Mandarin: 八角 (zh) (bājiǎo), 八角茴香 (zh) (bājiǎohuíxiāng), 大茴香 (zh) (dàhuíxiāng)
Danish: stjerneanis c
Dutch: steranijs (nl) m
Esperanto: stelanizo
Finnish: tähtianis (fi)
French: anis étoilé (fr) m, badiane chinoise f, étoile d'anis f, anis étoile m
Galician: anís estrelado (gl) m
German: Sternanis (de) m
Greek: αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος m (asteroeidís glykánisos)
Hindi: चक्र फूल m (cakra phūl)
Hungarian: csillagánizs (hu)
Indonesian: bunga lawang (id)
Italian: anice stellato m
Japanese: 唐樒 (tōshikimi), 大茴香 (daiuikyō), 八角茴香 (hakkaku uikyō)
Khmer: ចាន់ការី (cankaarii)
Korean: 팔각 (ko) (palgak), 스타아니스 (seutaaniseu)
Latvian: zvaigžņainais anīss m, anīskoks m
Malay: bunga lawang (ms)
Malayalam: തക്കോലം (takkōlaṁ)
Māori: kopoti whetū
Marathi: चक्रफूल n (cakraphūl)
Norwegian: stjerneanis
Occitan: badiana (oc) f
Persian: بادیان (fa) (bâdiyân)
Polish: badian właściwy (pl) m
Portuguese: anis-estrelado m, estrela-de-anis f
Romanian: anason stelat m, badian (ro) m
Russian: звёздчатый ани́с m (zvjózdčatyj anís)
Slovene: zvezdasti janež m
Spanish: anís estrellado (es) m, anís estrella m, badián m, badiana f
Swedish: stjärnanis (sv) c
Tày: hoa cáp
Thai: โป๊ยกั้ก (bpóoy gák)
Tibetan: ལི་ཤི་མཚོན་འཁོར (li shi mtshon 'khor)
Vietnamese: đại hồi, hồi (vi), đại hồi hương

the spice

Arabic: ليسوم حقيقي m (līsūm ħaqīqi), ينسون نجمي m (yansūn najmi), باديان m (bādiyān)
Burmese: နာနတ်ပွင့် (nanatpwang.)
Catalan: anís estrellat m
Cebuano: anis, sangki
Greek: αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος m (asteroeidís glykánisos)
Hungarian: csillagánizs (hu)
Japanese: 八角 (ja) (はっかく, hakkaku), スターアニス (sta anisu)
Kannada: ಚಕ್ರಮೊಗ್ಗು (cakramoggu)
Khmer: ចាន់ការី (cankaarii)
Latvian: zvaigžņainais anīss m
Māori: kopoti whetū
Marathi: चक्रफूल n (cakraphūl)
Polish: anyż gwiaździsty (pl) m, anyż gwiazdkowy (pl) m, badian m, badianek m
Slovak: badián (sk) m
Tagalog: sangke

Anagrams

Erastians, arsinates