Definition of "aniseed" []

• The seed-like fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavouring of liqueurs such as ouzo. (noun)

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• "He'd soak small pieces of meat in aniseed oil and stick them in his pockets."
• "Meditatively I smoke a cigarette and sip a pale greenish liquor smelling strongly of aniseed, which isn't half so interesting as a commonplace whiskey and soda, but which, I am told, has the recommendation of being ten times as wicked."
• "Meditatively I smoke a cigarette and sip a pale greenish liquor smelling strongly of aniseed, which is"