star anise

English

Star anise.

Noun

star anise (countable and uncountable, plural star anises)

1. 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. Valued for its decorative shape as well as its flavor. Also used commercially as a source of shikimic acid for the production of Tamiflu.
2. The star-shaped seed used as a spice.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• Japanese star anise ()
• swamp star anise ()

Translations

a plant, Illicium verum

• Afrikaans: steranys
• Catalan: anís estrellat m
• Cebuano: anis, sangki
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 八角 (baat³ gok³)

  Mandarin: 八角 (zh) (bājiǎo), 八角茴香 (zh) (bājiǎohuíxiāng), 大茴香 (zh) (dàhuíxiāng)

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

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

• Danish: stjerneanis c
• Dutch: steranijs (nl) m
• Esperanto: stelanizo
• Finnish: tähtianis (fi)
• French: anis étoile m, badiane chinoise f
• Galician: anís estrelado (gl) m
• German: Sternanis m
• Greek: αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος m (asteroeidís glykánisos)
• Hindi: चक्र फूल m (cakra phūl)
• Indonesian: bunga lawang (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: anice stellato m
• Japanese: 八角 (はっかく, hakkaku)
• Korean: 팔각 (ko) (palgak), 스타아니스 (seutaaniseu)
• Malay: bunga lawang
• Norwegian: stjerneanis
• Persian: بادیان (fa) (bâdiyân)
• Polish: anyż gwiaździsty (pl) m
• Portuguese: anis-estrelado m, estrela-de-anis f
• Russian: звёздчатый ани́с m (zvjózdčatyj anís)
• Slovene: zvezdasti janež m
• Spanish: anís estrellado (es) m, anís estrella m, badián m, badiana f
• Swedish: stjärnanis c
• Thai: โป๊ยกั้ก (bpóoy gák)
• Tibetan: ལི་ཤི་མཚོན་འཁོར (li shi mtshon 'khor)
• Vietnamese: bát giác hương, hồi hương (vi)

the spice

• Cebuano: anis, sangki
• Greek: αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος m (asteroeidís glykánisos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Slovak: badián (sk) m

Further reading

• star anise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Illicium verum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Erastians, arsinates