anethol

A1N1E1T1H4O1L1

A form of anethole — A particular aromatic compound found in anise.

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nounanethol (countable and uncountable, plural anethols)

plural anethols

  1. countabledateduncountableDated form of anethole.

    1868-1881, Henry Watts, A Dictionary of Chemistry To prepare it [thianisoic acid], anethol is boiled with nitric acid of specific gravity 1 : 1

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