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    GENUS ILLICIUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leavesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Illicium; Illicium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Illicium" is a kind of...):

    magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Illicium"):

    anise tree (any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium)

    Illicium floridanum; purple anise (small shrubby tree with purple flowers; found in wet soils of southeastern United States)

    Illicium anisatum; star anise (small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant)

    Chinese anise; Illicium verum; star anise (small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative)

    Holonyms ("genus Illicium" is a member of...):

    family Magnoliaceae; magnolia family; Magnoliaceae (subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia)

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