The title compound, C(15)H(16)O, crystallizes with two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. Due to the space-group symmetry, this results in the formation of a tetra-mer where the four mol-ecules are connected by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The mol-ecules pack parallel to the c axis. Both mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit are nonplanar and the dihedral angles between connected aromatic rings in each mol-ecule are 7.96 (12) and 9.75 (13)°. This contrasts with the gas phase density functional theory (DFT) optimized conformation, where this dihedral angle is 39.33°.