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Annatto vs Aniseed - What's the difference?

annatto | aniseed |

As nouns the difference between annatto and aniseed

is that annatto is (countable) a tropical american evergreen shrub, bixa orellana ; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree while aniseed is (countable|and|uncountable) the seed-like fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavouring of liqueurs such as ouzo.

annatto

English

Noun

  • (countable) A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana ; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
  • (uncountable) The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
  • (uncountable) An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.

    • Synonyms

    (checksyns) * achiote, * when used as a food colouring

    References

    * (wikipedia "annatto")

    See also

    * anatto ----

    aniseed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * anise seed

    Noun

  • (countable, and, uncountable) The seed-like fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavouring of liqueurs such as ouzo.