castoreum

[ ka-stawr-ee-uhm, -stohr- ]

/ kæˈstɔr i əm, -ˈstoʊr- /

noun

castor (def. 1).

Origin of castoreum

<Latin <Greek kastórion, equivalent to kastor- (stem of kástōr) beaver + -ion, neuter of -ios adj. suffix

Words nearby castoreum

cast on, cast one's lot with, castor, Castor and Pollux, castor bean, castoreum, castor oil, castor-oil plant, castor sugar, cast out, cast pearls before swine

Example sentences from the Web for castoreum

Castoreum has done good in this as in spasmodic dysmenorrhea.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh
You have denied that the vesicles of the otter are equivalent to castoreum.
The Man Who Laughs|Victor Hugo
From the strength of the castoreum, the Siberians infer that other parts of the animal must possess peculiar virtues.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848|Various
They mix the castoreum with a red colour, and with it rub their face and frequently their hair.
Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, v. 23|Various

Castoreum was the most popular of these, and from it was compounded the great cure-all.
In Beaver World|Enos Abijah Mills

单词	castoreum
释义	castoreum [ ka-stawr-ee-uhm, -stohr- ] / kæˈstɔr i əm, -ˈstoʊr- / noun castor (def. 1). Origin of castoreum <Latin <Greek kastórion, equivalent to kastor- (stem of kástōr) beaver + -ion, neuter of -ios adj. suffix Words nearby castoreum cast on, cast one's lot with, castor, Castor and Pollux, castor bean, castoreum, castor oil, castor-oil plant, castor sugar, cast out, cast pearls before swine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for castoreum Castoreum has done good in this as in spasmodic dysmenorrhea. Psychotherapy\|James J. Walsh You have denied that the vesicles of the otter are equivalent to castoreum. The Man Who Laughs\|Victor Hugo From the strength of the castoreum, the Siberians infer that other parts of the animal must possess peculiar virtues. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848\|Various They mix the castoreum with a red colour, and with it rub their face and frequently their hair. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, v. 23\|Various Castoreum was the most popular of these, and from it was compounded the great cure-all. In Beaver World\|Enos Abijah Mills
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