Definition of Ilicium
||Il*li"ci*um (?), n. [So called, in
allusion to its aroma, from L. illicium an allurement.]
(Bot.) A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous
trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium
anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used
in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true
oil of anise.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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