Chinese 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
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative
Types & categories
- anise tree hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Illicium member holonym
- star aniseed part meronym
Sense 2 noun
anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine
Types & categories
- spice hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Chinese anise part holonym
- five spice powder substance holonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Illicium |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | star aniseed |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | anise tree |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Chinese anise |
| 2 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | five spice powder |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spice |