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  • noun organic chemistry The aromatic ether methoxybenzene; it is used in perfumery and in organic synthesis; and derivative of this compound

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Examples

  • The agency says currently available data indicate that serious adverse health effects have not resulted from ingestion of drugs or foods contaminated with halogenated anisole compounds at the levels of contamination that have been reported.

    Unsafe by definition: TBAs 2011

  • So it attracts them by releasing anisole and veratrole, two insect pheromones, when the truffle has reached maturity.

    NYT > Home Page By NICHOLAS WADE 2010

  • So it attracts them by releasing anisole and veratrole, two insect pheromones, when the truffle has reached maturity.

    NYT > Home Page By NICHOLAS WADE 2010

  • So it attracts them by releasing anisole and veratrole, two insect pheromones, when the truffle has reached maturity.

    NYT > Home Page By NICHOLAS WADE 2010

  • So it attracts them by releasing anisole and veratrole, two insect pheromones, when the truffle has reached maturity.

    NYT > Home Page By NICHOLAS WADE 2010

  • So it attracts them by releasing anisole and veratrole, two insect pheromones, when the truffle has reached maturity.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • Although most people prefer "natural" ingredients, the use of artificial flavor preservatives (with butylated hydroxyl anisole, or BHA; and butylated hydroxyltoluene, or BHT) is not necessarily a bad thing.

    TheHorse.com News 2009

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