Castor - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: castorCastor bean
The bean or seed of the castor oil plant Ricinus communis or Palma Christi...
Oilseed
Seed from which oil is expressed as the castor bean also the plant yielding such seed See Castor bean...
VerbarRicinus
A genus of plants of the Spurge family containing but one species Ricinus communis the castor oil plant The fruit is three celled and contains three large seeds from which castor oil is expressed See Palma Christi...
Castor
A genus of rodents including the beaver See Beaver...
Castor and Pollux
See Saint Elmos fire under Saint...
Castoreum
A peculiar bitter orange brown substance with strong penetrating odor found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver castor used in medicine as an antispasmodic and by perfumers...
Castor oil
A mild cathartic oil expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis or Palma Christi When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid...
Elaiodic
Derived from castor oil ricinoleic as elaiodic acid...
VerbarGemini
A constellation of the zodiac containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux also the third sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about May 20th...
Macassar oil
A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair so called because originally obtained from Macassar a district of the Island of Celebes Also an imitation of the same of perfumed castor oil and olive oil Cf antimacassar...
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