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Noun: methyl salicylate
  1. A liquid ester with a strong odour of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain
    "She rubbed methyl salicylate on her sore muscles after the workout";
    - birch oil, sweet-birch oil

Derived forms: methyl salicylates

Type of: salicylate

Part of: oil of wintergreen, wintergreen oil

Encyclopedia: Methyl salicylate