anise
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
Types & categories
- herb hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Pimpinella member holonym
- aniseed part meronym
Sense 2 noun
liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors
Types & categories
- seasoning hypernym
Parts & wholes
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Pimpinella |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | aniseed |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | herb |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | anise |
| 2 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | anise cookie |
| 2 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | ouzo |
| 2 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | absinth |
| 2 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | anisette |
| 2 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | pastis |
| 2 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | Pernod |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | seasoning |