Definition of Illicium. Meaning of Illicium. Synonyms of Illicium

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Definition of Illicium

Illicium
Illicium 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.

Meaning of Illicium from wikipedia

- Illicium verum (star anise or badian, Chinese star anise, star anise seed, star aniseed and star of anise) is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to northeast...
- Illicium is a genus of flowering plants treated as part of the family Schisandraceae, or alternately as the sole genus of the Illiciaceae. It has a disjunct...
- Illicium floridanum (also known as purple anise, Florida anise, stink-bush, or star-anise) is an evergreen shrub native to the Gulf Coast area of the Southern...
- Illicium parviflorum, commonly known as yellow anisetree, yellow-anise, swamp star-anise, and small anise tree, is a species of flowering plant in the...
- mode of predation, in which a modified luminescent fin ray (the esca or illicium) acts as a lure for other fish. The luminescence comes from symbiotic bacteria...
- Illicium anisatum, with common names ****anese star anise, Aniseed tree, and sacred Anise tree, known in ****an as shikimi (樒, シキミ), is a tree closely related...
- Illicium ternstroemioides is a species of tree in the family Schisandraceae, or alternately, the Illiciaceae. It is native to northern Vietnam and Hainan...
- Illicium henryi, also known by the common names Henry anise tree and Chinese anise tree is a species in the genus Illicium in the family Schisandraceae...
- Illicium peninsulare is a species of plant in the family Schisandraceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss...
- anise, similar in appearance to Illicium verum Illicium floridanum, a shrub of the southeastern United States Illicium parviflorum, swamp star anise, of...