Badián . ( Perhaps the Br. badiane, and this of the Persian badyan , anise). 1. m East tree, Evergreen, the family of the Magnoliaceae, up to six meters tall, with leaves alternate, entire, lanceolate, white, solitary and axillary flowers, and capsular fruit, crashed with carpels Woody also developed and completed in arched tip. The seeds are small, glossy and aromatic, and are used in medicine and as a condiment with the name of star anise.