Explore Anise through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like flavouring or flavoring. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Anise meaning
- An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent.
- Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare.
Synonyms of Anise
Using Anise
- The main meaning on this page is: An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent. | Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare.
- Useful related words include: anise plant, seasoner, flavouring, flavoring.
- In the example corpus, anise often appears in combinations such as: star anise, anise and, and anise.
Context around Anise
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Anise
- In this selection, "anise" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, star, cardamom, painted, cinnamon, brine and fresh stand out and add context to how "anise" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and star anise and a cardamom anise brine pressed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "anise" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with anise
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There is a hint of honey sweetness, some anise notes, and some walnut. (13 words)
Anise Mastin, 63, is one of the vibrant singles featured in the series. (13 words)
Holly’s Painted, Anise, Cinnamon, and lemon basils look wonderful in floral arrangements. (13 words)
Green apple fruitiness makes for an odd pairing with anise and caraway-like spice notes, but most of the flavors are swallowed up by neutral, pervasive booziness, and a finish that reminds one of the resinous quality in freshly cut pine. (41 words)
Order a gin and tonic in a bar in 2020 and you’re likely to be offered an array of garnishes (think berries, cucumbers and star anise) and a flavour list as long as your arm (rhubarb and ginger, anyone? (40 words)
It’s sold for $1.50 at in East Williamsburg, where it comes filled with deep-fried dough, pork spiced with star anise and ginger, and “brightly sour” pickled mustard greens. (31 words)
Order a gin and tonic in a bar in 2020 and you’re likely to be offered an array of garnishes (think berries, cucumbers and star anise) and a flavour list as long as your arm (rhubarb and ginger, anyone? (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Freebird’s sticky, tender pork belly is cured for three days in a cardamom-anise brine, pressed, and braised for eight hours.
However, for spice enthusiasts, you can easily kick it up a notch by adding some star anise and cinnamon to the pot as it warms through.
Over low heat, simmer star anise, fresh ginger and citrus peels in 2 cups of water for 20 minutes.
Pho, a signature Vietnamese dish, consists of bone broth spiced with star anise, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and coriander.
The dish comprised potatoes, cashew nuts, onions, and his meat of choice in a silky smooth sauce flavoured with coconut and star anise.
There is a hint of honey sweetness, some anise notes, and some walnut.
This is the T&N sour—a fairly classic sour, except that the whiskey is infused with eight Chinese herbs and spices including star anise, goji berry and clove.
Added to this are wiri wiri peppers, cloves, star anise, cinnamon, fresh or dried fine leaf thyme and other fresh aromatics.
Anise hyssop, a U.S.-native perennial that is highly fragrant with edible flowers, belongs in any garden.
Anise Mastin, 63, is one of the vibrant singles featured in the series.
Holly’s Painted, Anise, Cinnamon, and lemon basils look wonderful in floral arrangements.
Then we hit a small ouzo distillery, which makes some of the best of the anise-and-other-spice flavored spirit I have ever tasted.
Order a gin and tonic in a bar in 2020 and you’re likely to be offered an array of garnishes (think berries, cucumbers and star anise) and a flavour list as long as your arm (rhubarb and ginger, anyone?
Over the years, plastics exploded with much livelier actions and flavors from anise to garlic.
Raki — the anise-flavored — has been the prime victim of huge tax hikes over the years.
The 20-minute vegetarian dish is flavoured with the likes of mustard seeds, star anise, turmeric, jaffna curry powder and creamy coconut milk.
Green apple fruitiness makes for an odd pairing with anise and caraway-like spice notes, but most of the flavors are swallowed up by neutral, pervasive booziness, and a finish that reminds one of the resinous quality in freshly cut pine.
Impressive finale: Yotam Ottolenghi’s tapioca fritters with orange syrup and star anise.
It’s sold for $1.50 at in East Williamsburg, where it comes filled with deep-fried dough, pork spiced with star anise and ginger, and “brightly sour” pickled mustard greens.
The audience laughed to “My Thighs”, sung to “My Guy” and Anise Ritchie’s Tina Turner impersonation of “What’s Love Got to Do With It” drew a huge ovation.
Common combinations with anise
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: