Star anise.
star anise (countable and uncountable , plural star anises )
A plant, Illicium verum , used primarily for its star -shaped seed which resembles anise in scent and flavor, and which is used as a spice. Valued for its decorative shape as well as its flavor. Also used commercially as a source of shikimic acid for the production of Tamiflu .
The star-shaped seed used as a spice.
a plant, Illicium verum
Afrikaans: steranys
Bashkir: баҙыян ( baźıyan ) , әнис ( ənis )
Burmese: နာနတ်ပွင့် ( nanatpwang. )
Catalan: badiana f
Cebuano: anis , sangki
Chinese:
Cantonese: 八角 ( baat3 gok3 )
Eastern Min: 八角 ( báik-gáe̤k ) , 八角香 ( báik-gáe̤k-hiŏng )
Hokkien: 八角 ( poeh-kak / peh-kak ) , 八角香 ( peh-kak-hiuⁿ / poeh-kak-hiuⁿ / peh-kak-hioⁿ )
Mandarin: 八角 (zh) ( bājiǎo ) , 八角茴香 (zh) ( bājiǎohuíxiāng ) , 大茴香 (zh) ( dàhuíxiāng )
Danish: stjerneanis c
Dutch: steranijs (nl) m
Esperanto: stelanizo
Finnish: tähtianis (fi)
French: anis étoilé (fr) m , badiane chinoise f , étoile d’anis f , anis étoile m
Galician: anís estrelado (gl) m
German: Sternanis (de) m
Greek: αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος m ( asteroeidís glykánisos )
Hindi: चक्र फूल m ( cakra phūl )
Hungarian: csillagánizs (hu) sg
Indonesian: bunga lawang (id)
Italian: anice stellato m
Japanese: 唐樒 ( tōshikimi ) , 大茴香 ( daiuikyō ) , 八角茴香 ( hakkaku uikyō )
Khmer: ចាន់ការី ( cankaarii )
Korean: 팔각 (ko) ( palgak ) , 스타아니스 ( seutaaniseu )
Latvian: zvaigžņainais anīss m , anīskoks m
Malay: bunga lawang (ms)
Maori: kopoti whetū
Norwegian: stjerneanis
Occitan: badiana (oc) f
Persian: بادیان (fa) ( bâdiyân )
Polish: badian właściwy m
Portuguese: anis-estrelado m , estrela-de-anis f
Romanian: anason stelat m , badian (ro) m
Russian: звёздчатый ани́с m ( zvjózdčatyj anís )
Slovene: zvezdasti janež m
Spanish: anís estrellado (es) m , anís estrella m , badián m , badiana f
Swedish: stjärnanis c
Thai: โป๊ยกั้ก ( bpóoy gák )
Tibetan: ལི་ཤི་མཚོན་འཁོར ( li shi mtshon 'khor )
Tày: hoa cáp
Vietnamese: đại hồi , hồi (vi) , đại hồi hương