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.

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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, methyl-