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n. - Liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes or pickles.

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Usage examples (36)
  • He'd soak small pieces of meat in aniseed oil and stick them in his pockets.
  • A friend of mine recntly made one of these, but with some kind of aniseed liqueur? in it.
  • Just a bit of the same old aniseed was what he used.
  • Fennel essential oil has the same aniseed scent as the root.
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