Anethol

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Noun
  1. 1
    Dated form of anethole. alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable

    "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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anise camphor

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"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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