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oil of wintergreen
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | oil of wintergreen - oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plantwintergreen oilflavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it impartscheckerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen, groundberry, ground-berry - creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oilbirch oil, methyl salicylate, sweet-birch oil - a liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain |
oil of wintergreen
oil of wintergreen: see salicylic acidsalicylic acid
or 2-hydroxybenzoic acid,
C6H4(OH)CO2H, a colorless, crystalline organic carboxylic acid that melts at 159°C;; it is soluble in ethanol and ether but is only slightly soluble in water.
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Synonyms for oil of wintergreennoun oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plantSynonymsRelated Words- flavorer
- flavoring
- flavourer
- flavouring
- seasoning
- seasoner
- checkerberry
- creeping wintergreen
- Gaultheria procumbens
- mountain tea
- teaberry
- wintergreen
- groundberry
- ground-berry
- birch oil
- methyl salicylate
- sweet-birch oil
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