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aniseed

[ US /ˈænəˌsid/ ]
[ UK /ˈænɪsˌiːd/ ]
NOUN
  1. liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors

How To Use aniseed In A Sentence

  • All the family are highly aromatic; fennel, like many others in this family, has an aniseed-like smell.
  • The alternative of drag-racing, where hounds chase a sack of aniseed instead of a fox, is encouraged by these activists.
  • The state makes almost a quarter of each year's wine production into brandy and the aniseed-flavoured spirit raki (like arak) which, drunk with water, is the Turks' favoured alcoholic drink.
  • Concentrated, full, rich and velvety, this nicely structured, complex red has cherry, cloves, vanilla, pepper and aniseed in abundance.
  • Smooth and very drinkable, this delivers subtle notes of aniseed, liquorice, spice and lemon peel.
  • A friend of mine recntly made one of these, but with some kind of aniseed liqueur? in it. Ricotta Cheesecake | Baking Bites
  • Small cups of freshly made Turkish-style coffee are the national drink, as are ouzo - the aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink - and retsina, the resinated wine, which are kept mostly for the evening and always accompanied by food.
  • When not in use for bullfights also, the Plaza is a pleasant square with pavement cafes where many people enjoy the locally produced drink - aniseed aperitif.
  • Sweet, slightly hot and absurdly sticky they will fill the kitchen with that warm, Christmassy aniseed smell you so often encounter in Chinese restaurants.
  • There was a strong smell of aniseed in the air - pastis was the apéritif de rigueur. MOONDROP TO MURDER
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