| 单词 | wintergreen oil |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswintergreen oil a. oil of wintergreen A volatile essential oil originally obtained from the leaves of wintergreen ( Gaultheria procumbens) and the bark of sweet birch ( Betula lenta) and now commercially synthesized, consisting chiefly of methyl salicylate and having a flavour thought to resemble that of mint. Also wintergreen oil. Cf. gaultheria oil at Gaultheria n.Oil of wintergreen is used to flavour confectionery and dental hygiene products, and as a constituent of liniments used for muscle and joint pain. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > other flavourings > [noun] saffronc1200 rorraa1500 fetida1588 balachong1699 gammon essence1706 ratafia1727 silphium1753 peppermint1811 Honduras sarsaparilla1818 oil of wintergreen1827 wintergreen oil1827 peppermint oil1850 apple oil1852 almond extract1865 duxelles1877 celery salt1897 gianduja1902 onion salt1925 garlic saltc1938 banoffi1994 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > oils and oily preparations oil of rosesa1398 oil (of) hypericon1471 oil of philosophers1547 almond oil1560 oil of tile1634 brick oil1656 rosat1674 philosophical oil1750 oleosaccharum1757 oil of wintergreen1827 wintergreen oil1843 pinhoen oil1846 gaultheria oil1848 carap oilc1865 pulza oil1866 niaouli1993 1827 Jrnl. Philadelphia Coll. Pharmacy 1 125 The odour of the oil of wintergreen is also very perceptible. 1843 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 19 May M. Cahours made a communication respecting an oil used in perfumery, called Winter-green oil. 1866 W. Odling Lect. Animal Chem. 87 Wood-spirit..occurs in nature as a constituent residue of the essential oil of wintergreen. 1902 Pharm. Rev. 20 354 The penetrating odor characteristic of the wintergreen oil which distinguishes it from artificial methyl salicylate. 1977 R. B. Tisserand Art of Aromatherapy xi. 178 If you took 15cc of wintergreen oil, it would probably kill you. 1982 B. MacLaverty Time to Dance (1985) 78 For one whole winter when he had a bad shoulder he had to stay up late to rub him with oil of wintergreen. 2007 Science 5 Oct. 31/1 Methyl salicylate, the pungent oil of wintergreen,..turns out to be a long-sought distress call that rouses plant resistance against disease. < as lemmas |
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