Castor Oil

Definition: Castor Oil

Castor Oil

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Dream Interpretation

Food & Agriculture

Health

Industry

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: Castor Oil

I've brought most of you into the world, rubbed linament onto your backs, poured castor oil down your throats. (Carousel; writing credit: Ferenc Molnár; Oscar Hammerstein II)

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References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Castor Oil Seeds in Africa (reference)

• The World Market for Castor Oil Seeds: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Castor Oil Seeds Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2003 World Forecasts of Castor Oil Seeds Export Supplies (reference)

• The World Market for Castor Oil Seeds: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Castor Oil Seeds in Germany (World Trade Report) (reference)

  (more book examples)

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[Cutting from castor oil plant].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Scott & Bowne's Palatable Castor Oil. / Wemple & Co., New York.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Scott & Bowne's Palatable Castor Oil. / Wemple & Co., New York.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Pure Castor Oil : My youngster swallowed....Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "castor oil": castor oil plant ♦ castor oil seed. Additional references.

Albanian

vaj ricini (caster oil). (various references)

Arabic 

‏زيت الخروع, ‏الخروع. (various references)

Bulgarian 

рициново масло (caster oil). (various references)

Czech

ricínový olej (caster oil). (various references)

Danish

ricinusolie (kerva oil, palma-christi oil), kristpalmeolie (kerva oil, palma-christi oil), kervaolie (kerva oil, palma-christi oil), kastorolie (kerva oil, palma-christi oil), amerikansk olie (kerva oil, palma-christi oil). (various references)

Dutch

castorolie (kerva oil, palma-christi oil), wonderolie (kerva oil, palma-christi oil), ricinusolie (kerva oil, palma-christi oil), palma-christi-olie (kerva oil, palma-christi oil), kerva-olie (kerva oil, palma-christi oil). (various references)

Finnish

risiiniöljy. (various references)

French

huile de ricin (castorseed oil), huile de palma-christi, huile de kerva, huile de castor. (various references)

German

rizinusöl. (various references)

Greek 

ρετσινόλαδο (kerva oil, palma-christi oil). (various references)

Hebrew 

שמן קיק. (various references)

Hungarian

ricinusolaj. (various references)

Italian

olio di ricino (kerva oil, palma-christi oil). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"�麻子油 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひましゆ. (various references)

Manx

ooill feayslee. (various references)

Pig Latin

astorcay oilay

Portuguese

óleo de rícino, óleo de mamona. (various references)

Romanian

ulei de ricin. (various references)

Russian 

касторовое масло (caster oil). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ricinus (caster oil, palma christi). (various references)

Spanish

aceite de ricino (caster oil). (various references)

Swedish

ricinolja (caster oil). (various references)

Turkish

hintyağı (caster oil). (various references)

Vietnamese 

dầu thầu dầu. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: colorist, cortisol, isolator, locators, ostiolar.

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-3 letters: actors, aorist, aortic, arioso, aristo, caroli, carols, castor, citola, citral, claros, cloots, coatis, coital, colors, corals, costal, costar, crista, lictor, lorica, octroi, oorali, racist, ratios, rialto, rictal, sailor, satori, scoria, scotia, scrota, social, tailor, tarocs.

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