/an"euh thohl'/ , n. Chem., Pharm.
a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 12 O, having a sweet taste, obtained from anise or fennel oils or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, dentifrices, flavoring, synthesis of anisaldehyde, and in medicine as an antiseptic and carminative. Also called anise camphor .
[ 1860-65; áneth ( on ) dill, anise + -OLE 2 ]