METHYL SALICYLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does methyl salicylate mean? 

• METHYL SALICYLATE (noun)
  The noun METHYL SALICYLATE has 1 sense:

1. a liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain

  Familiarity information: METHYL SALICYLATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METHYL SALICYLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

birch oil; methyl salicylate; sweet-birch oil

Hypernyms ("methyl salicylate" is a kind of...):

salicylate (a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs))

Holonyms ("methyl salicylate" is a substance of...):

oil of wintergreen; wintergreen oil (oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant)