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 wintergreenTest Your Vocabulary
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