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Webster 1913 Edition


Castor oil

Cas′tor oil

(kăs′tẽr oilˊ)
.
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.
Castor-oil plant
.
Same as
Palma Christi
.