wintergreen oil

noun

methyl salicylate.

Origin of wintergreen oil

¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Words Nearby wintergreen oil

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How to use wintergreen oil in a sentence

Add the juice of the lemons and oranges and the wintergreen oil and serve in glasses over cracked ice.
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Birch beer is made of its aromatic sap and wintergreen oil is extracted from the leaves.
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