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Badian [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise.

Badiane [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. BAD'IANE

2. BADIGE'ON, noun A mixture of plaster and free stone, ground together and sifted, used by statuaries to fill the small holes and repair the defects of the stones, of which they make their statues.