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Anise
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A well-known plant, resembling dill, caraway, etc., but more fragrant. The seeds are kept by apothecaries. The plant mentioned in Matthew 23:23 was no doubt the dill, which grows in Palestine, and was tithed by the Jews.
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Anise'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/a/anise.html. 1859.