methyl salicylate

methyl salicylate
noun
a liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain
• Syn: ↑birch oil, ↑sweet-birch oil
• Hypernyms: ↑salicylate
• Substance Holonyms: ↑wintergreen oil, ↑oil of wintergreen

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noun
: a liquid ester HOC6H4COOCH3 that has a strong odor of wintergreen, that is the principal constituent of wintergreen oil and sweet-birch oil but is usually made synthetically, and that is used chiefly as a flavoring material, in perfumes, and in medicine as a counterirritant — called also sweet-birch oil, wintergreen oil

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Chem.
a colorless, water-soluble liquid, C8H8O3, produced synthetically or by maceration and subsequent distillation from birch or gaultheria: used chiefly in perfumery and flavoring, and in medicine as a counterirritant in external preparations. Also called sweet birch oil, wintergreen oil.
[1875-80]

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methyl salicylate,
a heavy, volatile liquid either obtained from the leaves and bark of certain plants or prepared synthetically; oil of wintergreen. It is used in perfumes, as a food flavoring, and medicinally in liniments. Formula: C8H8O3

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