Chem. [f. L. anēth-um anise + -ENE.] The most volatile part of the essential oil of dill, fennel, etc.; composition C10H16.
1874. Flückiger & Hanbury, Pharmacographia, 292. A hydrocarbon, to which [Gladstone] gave the name Anethene.
1876. Harley, Mat. Med., 583. It [Oil of Dill] is chiefly composed of a fluid hydrocarbon, anethene, isomeric with oil of turpentine.
