Anis

n. variety of anisette made mainly in Spain and Latin America; various tropical American birds

n. long-tailed black tropical American cuckoo bird

Anis can mean:Mir Babar Ali Anis, Urdu poetAnise, herbAnis Mojgani spoken word poetAni (bird)Anis Kachohi, French singerAnother name for anisetteMuhammad Anis Ur Rehman, of APIIT & UCTI - Malaysian University
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This article is about the Pimpinella species (not to confuse with star anise); but the name "anise" is frequently applied to Fennel.Anise or Aniseed, less commonly anís (stressed on the second syllable) (Pimpinella anisum), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the eastern Mediterranean region and southwest Asia. It is a herbaceous annual plant growing to 1m tall. The leaves at the base of the plant are simple, 2-5 cm long and shallowly lobed, while leaves higher on the stems are feathery pinnate, divided into numerous leaflets. The flowers are white, 3 mm diameter, produced in dense umbels. The fruit is an oblong dry schizocarp, 3-5 mm long.
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Noun
1. black tropical American cuckoo
(hypernym) cuckoo
(member-holonym) Crotophaga, genus Crotophaga

n. anise, type of herbaceous plant

n. anise, aniseed