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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The chief constituent (C10H12O) of the essential oils of anise and fennel. It exists in two forms, one a solid at ordinary temperature (anise-camphor or solid anethol), the other a liquid (liquid anethol).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor.

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  • noun Dated form of anethole.

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