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Castor oil   /kˈæstər ɔɪl/   Listen
Castor oil

noun
1.
A purgative extracted from the seed of the castor-oil plant; used in paint and varnish as well as medically.






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"Castor oil" Quotes from Famous Books



... of oils and fatty substances. It resists an extreme degree of cold, without solidifying. There are several modifications of this body—the olein of olive oil being somewhat different from that of castor oil; the olein of linseed is sometimes ...
— The Stock-Feeder's Manual - the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and - feeding of live stock • Charles Alexander Cameron

... void to find herself lying on a truckle bed in a dimly-lighted hovel. A cotton wick flickered in a small lamp of the old Roman type. It was consuming a crude variety of castor oil, and its gamboge-colored flame clothed the smoke-darkened rafters and mud walls in somber yet vivid tints that would have gladdened the heart of a Rubens. This scenic effect, admirable to an artist, was ...
— The Stowaway Girl • Louis Tracy

... is slow and long- drawn in his utterances, but he can effervesce on a high key at intervals, and can occasionally "draw out" the brethren to a hot pitch of exuberance. His general style is sincere; he means well; but his words, like cold-drawn castor oil, don't go ...
— Our Churches and Chapels • Atticus



Words linked to "Castor oil" :   aperient, ricinoleic acid, purgative, physic, cathartic



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