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Aniseed
noun · 78% connection
The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Anisette
noun · 78% connection
A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Anisic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Asarone
noun · 78% connection
A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europaeum; -- called also camphor of asarum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Badian
noun · 78% connection
An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Beeswing
noun · 78% connection
The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Betulin
noun · 78% connection
A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Bishop's-wort
noun · 78% connection
Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Borneol
noun · 78% connection
A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Camphor
noun · 78% connection
A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Camphoraceous
adjective · 78% connection
Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Celluloid
noun · 78% connection
A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Cremocarp
noun · 78% connection
The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Cumin
noun · 78% connection
A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel (Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm tast…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Cymene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3.C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Distillation
noun · 78% connection
The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Dryobalanops
noun · 78% connection
The genus to which belongs the single species D. Camphora, a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo camphor and ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
Ether
noun · 78% connection
A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, obtained, volatile, oils, anise.
