gaultheria oil

gaultheria oil

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gaultheria oil n OIL OF WINTERGREEN

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methyl salicylate.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • gaultheria oil — noun : wintergreen oil …   Useful english dictionary

  • oil of wintergreen — n a preparation of methyl salicylate obtained by distilling the leaves of wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) called also gaultheria oil, wintergreen oil compare BIRCH OIL …   Medical dictionary

  • Gaultheria procumbens — in Hammond, Indiana Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • Gaultheria procumbens — noun 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 • Syn: ↑teaberry, ↑wintergreen, ↑checkerberry, ↑mountain tea, ↑groundberry,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Gaultheria procumbens — groundberry groundberry n. A small prostrate or ascending shrub ({Astroloma humifusum}) having scarlet flowers and thin fleshed succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in the genus {Styphelia}. Syn: native cranberry, cranberry… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gaultheria procumbens — groundberry groundberry n. A small prostrate or ascending shrub ({Astroloma humifusum}) having scarlet flowers and thin fleshed succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in the genus {Styphelia}. Syn: native cranberry, cranberry… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • oil of wintergreen — noun oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant • Syn: ↑wintergreen oil • Hypernyms: ↑flavorer, ↑flavourer, ↑flavoring, ↑flavouring, ↑seasoner, ↑seasoning …   Useful english dictionary

  • wintergreen oil — noun oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant • Syn: ↑oil of wintergreen • Hypernyms: ↑flavorer, ↑flavourer, ↑flavoring, ↑flavouring, ↑seasoner, ↑seasoning …   Useful english dictionary

  • methyl salicylate — The methyl ester of salicylic acid, produced synthetically or distilled from Gaultheria procumbens (family Ericaceae) or from Betula lenta (family Betulaceae); used externally and internally for the treatment of various forms of rheumatism. SYN:… …   Medical dictionary

  • Канадский чай — (Gaultheria procumbens L.) видовое название растения из семейства вересковых (Ericaceae). Довольно красивый вечнозеленый полукустарник, стелющийся по земле и слегка приподнимающий свои ветви; на них в июле месяце появляются белые и розоватые… …   Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона

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