noun

• A liqueur flavoured with aniseed.

  ‘A number of licorice - flavored liqueurs such as anisette, pastis and ouzo are made with anise seed.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Both have a clean, bright and transparent colour with an intense, delicate and pure anisette aroma and concentrated anisette taste.’
  • ‘This deliciously deep fried pastry has dates, orange and lemon extract, anisette, chopped nuts, orange rind, and lemon rind.’
  • ‘A mixture of mushroom, snow peas, pumpkins, carrots, turnips and then I put it with honey, anisette, salt, pepper and put it in the oven.’
  • ‘Rakl, a drink similar to anisette, is often consumed as an alternative to wine.’
  • ‘You can sip an anisette in the Caffè Meletti, a beautifully restored fin-de-siècle restaurant, with your view of the square unobstructed by sweating tourists.’