Badian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Badian \Ba"di*an\, n. [F. badiane, fr. Per. b[=a]di[=a]n anise.]
     (Bot.)
     An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family ({Illicium
     anisatum}), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star
     anise.
     [1913 Webster]