noun (n)

• native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery(noun.plant)

  Synonym:
  anise plant, pimpinella anisum
  

  source: wordnet30
• liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors(noun.food)

  Synonym:
  anise seed, aniseed
  

  source: wordnet30
• An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.(noun)

  source: webster1913