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birch oil

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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