Term: star anise: small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant
Broader: anise tree: any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium | Unrelated: family history: part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases
Broader: anise tree: any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium | Unrelated: bavarian blue: blue cheese of Bavaria
Broader: anise tree: any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium | Unrelated: mass: an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
Broader: anise tree: any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium | Unrelated: chamberpot: a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
Broader: anise tree: any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium | Unrelated: shank's mare: you own legs
Broader: anise tree: any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium | Unrelated: penance: voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
Broader: anise tree: any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium | Unrelated: unreality: the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
Broader: anise tree: any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium | Unrelated: doe: mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'
Broader: anise tree: any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium | Unrelated: solar year: the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
Broader: anise tree: any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium | Unrelated: clerihew: a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person