ANISEED
Dictionary entry overview: What does aniseed mean?
• ANISEED (noun)
The noun ANISEED has 1 sense:
1. liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes or pickles
Familiarity information: ANISEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ANISEED (noun)
Meaning:
Liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes or pickles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
aniseed; anise
Hypernyms ("aniseed" is a kind of...):
flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)
Holonyms ("aniseed" is a part of...):
anise; anise plant; Pimpinella anisum (native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery)
Holonyms ("aniseed" is a substance of...):
anise cookie (cookie made without butter and flavored with anise seed)
ouzo (a Greek liquor flavored with anise)
absinth; absinthe (strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise)
anisette; anisette de Bordeaux (liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed)
pastis (similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood)
Pernod ((registered trademark) a liqueur flavored with anise)
