Usually means: Star-shaped spice, anise-flavored seed.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. Illicium: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Illicium: Vocabulary.com
  3. illicium: Wordnik
  4. illicium: Wiktionary
  5. Illicium, illicium: Dictionary.com
  6. Illicium: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Illicium: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. illicium: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Illicium: Rhymezone
  10. Illicium: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. illicium: FreeDictionary.org
  12. illicium: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Illicium: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Illicium: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  1. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (illicium)

▸ noun:  (ichthyology) The modified dorsal fin on the head of anglerfish, acting as a lure.

Similar:
genus illicium, esca, labroid, devilfish, angler fish, lepidotrichium, anglerfish, ichthyopterygium, lily iron, lapillus, more...

Opposite:
licium, anisotropy

Types:
star anise, aniseed, licorice root, fennel, caraway, dill, coriander, cumin, more...

Phrases:
Illicium verum, Illicium anisatum, illicium floridanum, genus illicium, more...

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Similar:
genus illicium, esca, labroid, devilfish, angler fish, lepidotrichium, anglerfish, ichthyopterygium, lily iron, lapillus, more...

Opposite:
licium, anisotropy

Types:
star anise, aniseed, licorice root, fennel, caraway, dill, coriander, cumin, more...

Phrases:
Illicium verum, Illicium anisatum, illicium floridanum, genus illicium, more...



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