castor oil

noun

a colorless to pale yellow, viscid liquid, usually obtained from the castor bean by a pressing process: used as a lubricant, in the manufacture of certain soaps and creams, and in medicine chiefly as a cathartic.

Also called ricinus oil.

Origin of castor oil

1740–50; castor (perhaps variant spelling of caster) + oil; perhaps so called because of its purgative effect

Words nearby castor oil

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, castrate

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Example sentences from the Web for castor oil

Once he detected a waiter, in the end where they stopped at Tula, stealing a bottle of castor-oil from the medicine chest.
The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867.|E. Rameur
Three wicks steeped in castor-oil are put in it, and lighted.
Omens and Superstitions of Southern India|Edgar Thurston
She was then beaten with a switch made from the castor-oil plant.
Omens and Superstitions of Southern India|Edgar Thurston
We passed several fields of the castor-oil plant, and were informed, on inquiry, that they extract the oil from it.
Letters from Palestine|J. D. Paxton

He then takes two little sticks with cotton-wool in a notch at the end, and puts them to steep in castor-oil.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston

British Dictionary definitions for castor oil

castor oil

noun

a colourless or yellow glutinous oil obtained from the seeds of the castor-oil plant and used as a fine lubricant and as a cathartic

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Medical definitions for castor oil

castor oil

[ kăs′tər ]

n.

A colorless or pale yellowish oil extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant, used pharmaceutically as a laxative and skin softener and industrially as a lubricant.

单词	castor oil
释义	castor oil noun a colorless to pale yellow, viscid liquid, usually obtained from the castor bean by a pressing process: used as a lubricant, in the manufacture of certain soaps and creams, and in medicine chiefly as a cathartic. Also called ricinus oil. Origin of castor oil 1740–50; castor (perhaps variant spelling of caster) + oil; perhaps so called because of its purgative effect Words nearby castor oil 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, castrate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for castor oil Once he detected a waiter, in the end where they stopped at Tula, stealing a bottle of castor-oil from the medicine chest. The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867.\|E. Rameur Three wicks steeped in castor-oil are put in it, and lighted. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India\|Edgar Thurston She was then beaten with a switch made from the castor-oil plant. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India\|Edgar Thurston We passed several fields of the castor-oil plant, and were informed, on inquiry, that they extract the oil from it. Letters from Palestine\|J. D. Paxton He then takes two little sticks with cotton-wool in a notch at the end, and puts them to steep in castor-oil. Castes and Tribes of Southern India\|Edgar Thurston British Dictionary definitions for castor oil castor oil noun a colourless or yellow glutinous oil obtained from the seeds of the castor-oil plant and used as a fine lubricant and as a cathartic Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for castor oil castor oil [ kăs′tər ] n. A colorless or pale yellowish oil extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant, used pharmaceutically as a laxative and skin softener and industrially as a lubricant. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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