aniseed
noun
ani·seed
ˈa-nə(s)-ˌsēd 
: the seed of anise often used as a flavoring in liqueurs and in cooking
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Its black-cherry, raspberry, butterscotch, and aniseed flavors are wrapped in a layer of soft, silky tannins.
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Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 June 2024
Packed with various recipes for gins and requiring ingredients ranging from aniseed and coriander to poppy flowers and nutmeg, the book reflects a Stuart-period England already getting a taste for creativity with its spirits.
—Eve Thomas, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2024
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Evoke the aura of a cackling fire with this woody scent from Diptyque, which features notes of wood, vetiver and patchouli enhanced with radiant aniseed, insolent spices, mysterious incense, cistus and tonka bean.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
Evoke the aura of a cackling fire with this woody scent from Diptyque, which features notes of wood, vetiver and patchouli enhanced with radient aniseed, insolent spices, mysterious incense, cistus and tonka bean.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023
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Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 June 2024
Packed with various recipes for gins and requiring ingredients ranging from aniseed and coriander to poppy flowers and nutmeg, the book reflects a Stuart-period England already getting a taste for creativity with its spirits.
—Eve Thomas, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2024
Buy Now Homesick Barbie Dreamhouse Candle Diptyque Amber Candle
Evoke the aura of a cackling fire with this woody scent from Diptyque, which features notes of wood, vetiver and patchouli enhanced with radiant aniseed, insolent spices, mysterious incense, cistus and tonka bean.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
Evoke the aura of a cackling fire with this woody scent from Diptyque, which features notes of wood, vetiver and patchouli enhanced with radient aniseed, insolent spices, mysterious incense, cistus and tonka bean.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023
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aniseed
noun
ani·seed
ˈan-ə(s)-ˌsēd
: the seed of anise often used as a flavoring
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aniseed
noun
ani·seed
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also aniseseed
: the seed of anise often used as a flavoring in liqueurs and in cooking
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