Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.