methyl salicylate
noun Chemistry.
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.
Origin of methyl salicylate
First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby methyl salicylate
methyl oleate,
methyl orange,
methyl parathion,
methyl propyl ketone,
methyl red,
methyl salicylate,
methyl styryl ketone,
methyl sulfate,
methyl transferase,
methyl violet,
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