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badian

badian noun: star anise.

Noun (1)

badian (uncountable)

  1. (dated) Star anise.

Noun (2) capitalized: Badian

Badian (plural Badians)

  1. A Barbadian

Adjective capitalized: Badian

Badian (comparative more Badian, superlative most Badian)

  1. Barbadian

Forms of badian

Noun
pluralBadians
Adjective
comparativemore Badian
superlativemost Badian

Origin of badian

From French badiane, from Persian بادیان (bâdiyân).

Phrases with badian

Words that rhyme with badian

Questions about badian

What does badian mean?
Badian means star anise.
What part of speech is badian?
Badian can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of badian?
The plural of badian is Badians.

Words near badian in the dictionary

  1. badhan
  2. badhans
  3. Badhwar
  4. Badia
  5. Badiaga
  6. badian
  7. Badiang
  8. Badiangan
  9. Badiangon
  10. Badians
  11. Badias

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: badian (page history and authors); Badian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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