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.
Illicium anisatum
n : small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not
fragrant [syn: {star anise}]