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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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).
Wiktionary
- n. Dated form of anethole.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also
anise camphor .
Examples
“The herb is of the umbelliferous order, and its fruit chemically furnishes "anethol," a volatile empyreumatic oil similar to that contained in the Anise, and Caraway.”
“anethol," represents the medicinal properties of the plant.”
“Since anethol is the most valuable constituent, and the solidifying point of the oil is roughly proportional to its anethol content, oils with a higher solidifying point are the best.”
“The chief constituents of the oil are anethol, fenchone, d-pinene, and dipentene.”
“_Anisic aldehyde_, or _aubépine_, prepared by oxidation of anethol, and possessing a pleasant, hawthorn odour.”
“The chief constituents of the oil are anethol, methyl chavicol, d-pinene, l-phellandrene, and in older oils, the oxidation products of anethol, _viz. _ anisic aldehyde and anisic acid.”
“The main constituent of the oil (up to 90\%) is anethol, C_ {10} H_ {12} O or”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
“Most of the oil of commerce, however, of which anethol is also the chief constituent, comes from _Illicium verum_ (order _Magnoliaceae_, sub-order”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
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