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birch oil
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noun
\ˈbərch-\
Medical Definition of birch oil
: an essential oil that consists chiefly of methyl salicylate and is obtained from the bark and twigs of the sweet birch (Betula lenta)—called also betula oil, sweet-birch oil; compare oil of wintergreen
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