- 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
--1 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
--1 is a member of Pimpinella, genus Pimpinella
--1 has parts: anise, aniseed - anise, aniseed - liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes or pickles
--2 is a kind of flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
--2 is a part of anise, anise plant, Pimpinella anisum
--2 is a substance ofanise cookie; absinth, absinthe; anisette, anisette de Bordeaux; ouzo; pastis; Pernod