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Noun: birch oil  'burch,oyl
  1. A liquid ester with a strong odour of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain
    - methyl salicylate, sweet-birch oil

Type of: salicylate

Part of: oil of wintergreen, wintergreen oil

Encyclopedia: Birch oil