Term: star anise: small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative
Candidate hypernym: object: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow → 1
Candidate hypernym: loop: anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself) → 0
Candidate hypernym: linkage editor: an editor program that creates one module from several by resolving cross-references among the modules → 0
Candidate hypernym: russian orthodox church: an independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia → 0
Candidate hypernym: antepenult: the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end → 0
Candidate hypernym: blockade-runner: a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade → 0
Candidate hypernym: whorled aster: North American perennial with apparently whorled leaves and showy white purple-tinged flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: stock: the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun → 0
Candidate hypernym: cymbal: a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together → 0
Candidate hypernym: buttress: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building → 0
Candidate hypernym: flare: a sudden outburst of emotion → 0