castor seed
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castor seed — /ˈkastə sid/ (say kahstuh seed) noun the seed of the castor oil plant …
Castor oil — is a vegetable oil obtained from the castor bean (technically castor seed as the castor plant, Ricinus communis , is not a member of the bean family). Castor oil (CAS number 8001 79 4) is a colorless to very pale yellow liquid with mild or no… … Wikipedia
Castor oil plant — Taxobox name = Castor oil plant image width = 240px image caption = Castor bean in disturbed area regnum = Plantae phylum = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Malpighiales familia = Euphorbiaceae subfamilia = Acalyphoideae tribus =… … Wikipedia
castor bean — /ˈkastə bin/ (say kahstuh been) noun US → castor seed …
Castor — may refer to:Historical people* Julius Caesar Drusus, son of the Emperor Tiberius, nicknamed Castor * Castor of Rhodes, a Greek grammarian and rhetorician * Saint Castor, name of several Christian saints, such as Castor of Apt * A family… … Wikipedia
castor bean — castor bean, adj. 1. the seed of the castor oil plant. 2. See castor oil plant. [1810 20, Amer.; short for castor oil bean] * * * … Universalium
Castor bean — Cas tor bean (Bot.) The bean or seed of the castor oil plant ({Ricinus communis}, or {Palma Christi}.) [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
castor bean — ☆ castor bean n. [prob. < past use of oil to replace CASTOR1] 1. the large, highly poisonous, beanlike seed of the castor oil plant 2. the plant itself … English World dictionary
Seed — A seed Audio IPA|en us seed.ogg|/ˈsiːd/ (in some plants, referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and… … Wikipedia
Castor and Pollux — For other uses, see Castor and Pollux (disambiguation). Pair of Roman statuettes (3rd century AD) depicting the Dioscuri as horsemen, with their characteristic skullcaps (Metropolitan Museum of Art) In Greek and Roman mythology, Castor ( … Wikipedia
