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wintergreen oil

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Noun1.wintergreen oil - oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant
oil of wintergreen
flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen, ground-berry, groundberry - creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil
birch oil, methyl salicylate, sweet-birch oil - a liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain
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Wintergreen oil has methyl salicylate great for massages.
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Apply plantain, ginger, fresh comfrey or a poultice of cayenne and wintergreen oil to the inflamed area to help alleviate pain.
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Late in 2006, an entrepreneur in New York City used wintergreen oil to develop a rat-resistant garbage bag.
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