Definition of Illicium verum

1. Noun. Small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative.

Exact synonyms: Chinese Anise, Star Anise
Terms within: Chinese Anise, Star Anise, Star Aniseed
Group relationships: Genus Illicium, Illicium
Generic synonyms: Anise Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Illicium Verum

Iliamna
Iliamna acerifolia
Iliamna remota
Iliamna ruvularis
Ilich Ramirez Sanchez
Ilich Sanchez
Ilion
Ilium
Ill.
Illampu
Ille-et-Vilaine
Illecebrum
Illecebrum verticullatum
Illicium anisatum
Illicium floridanum
Illicium verum
Illimani
Illinois
Illinois River
Illinoisan
Illinoisans
Illinoisian
Illuminati
Illuminatism
Illuminee
Illuminees
Illuminism
Illyria
Illyrian
Illyrians

Literary usage of Illicium verum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Aside from its anise-like aroma, star-anise bears no resemblance to umbelliferous fruits. It is the fruit of a tree (illicium verum Hook. ..."

2. Materia medica, pharmacy, pharmacology and therapeutics by William Hale-White (1895)
"That from the Pimpinella Anisum solidifies at 59° F. [15° C.] ¡ that from Illicium verum (Star-anise) at about 50° F. [lo° C.]. Sp. gr.,about 0.980 to 0.990 ..."

3. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1917)
"Illicium. or star anise, the fruit of illicium verum, was official in the pharmacopoeia of 1890, and is here mentioned because it yields an oil identical ..."

4. Rehabilitation of Degraded Forests to Improve Livelihoods of Poor Farmers in by Liu Dachang (2003)
"The survival rate of illicium verum was a satisfactory 90%, while that of Canarium album was only 50%, largely due to poor quality of the seedlings and late ..."

5. Materia Medica and Pharmacy by Reynold Webb Wilcox, William Hale-White (1905)
"7''.., gr. OLEUM ANISI.—Oil of Anise. A volatile oil distilled from Anise or from the fruit of Star Anise, illicium verum ..."

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