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aniseed
(ænɪsiːd)
uncountable noun
Aniseed is a substance made from the seeds of the anise plant. It is used as a flavouringin sweets, drinks, and medicine.
Fennel has a very distinctive aniseed flavour.
aniseed in British English
(ˈænɪˌsiːd)
noun
the liquorice-flavoured aromatic seeds of the anise plant, used medicinally for expelling intestinal gas and in cookery as a flavouring, esp in cakes and confections
Also called: aniseaniseed in American English
(ˈænɪˌsid)
noun
anise (sense 2)
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British English: aniseed /ˈænɪˌsiːd/ NOUN
Aniseed is a substance made from the seeds of the anise plant. It is used as a flavouring in sweets, drinks, and medicine.
Fennel has a very distinctive aniseed flavour.
- American English: aniseed
- Arabic: يَانْسُون
- Brazilian Portuguese: semente de anis
- Chinese: 大茴香
- Croatian: anis
- Czech: anýz
- Danish: anisfrø
- Dutch: anijszaad
- European Spanish: anís
- Finnish: anis
- French: anis
- German: Anis
- Greek: γλυκάνισο
- Italian: anice
- Japanese: アニシード
- Korean: 아니스의 열매
- Norwegian: anisfrø
- Polish: anyż
- European Portuguese: semente de anis
- Romanian: anason
- Russian: анисовое масло
- Latin American Spanish: anís
- Swedish: anisfrö
- Thai: เทียนสัตตบุศย์
- Turkish: anason
- Ukrainian: аніс
- Vietnamese: hạt hồi
Chinese translation of 'aniseed'
aniseed
(ˈænɪsiːd)
n (u)
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茴香籽
(huíxiāngzǐ)