birch oil

noun

\ˈbərch-

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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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