NOUN
- a purgative extracted from the seed of the castor-oil plant; used in paint and varnish as well as medically
How To Use castor oil In A Sentence
- Ricin, one of the deadliest naturally occurring poisons, is derived from castor plant beans, which are grown worldwide to produce castor oil.
- Once again we see how many of the plants currently used by herbalists are mentioned, including opium, cannabis, myrrh, frankincense, castor oil, fennel, cassia, senna, thyme, henna, juniper, linseed, aloe and castor oil.
- Castor oil is used for making premium lubricants for heavy equipment and for jet engines.
- Similar research projects are developing plastics from materials such as corn, molasses, potato peelings and castor oil.
- Work also is underway to make biofuels from more exotic raw materials: algae, castor oil, coffee grinds, microbes, feather meal, salmon oil, tobacco, and other various grasses, seeds and trees.
- The goods actually supplied consisted of copra cake combined with a quantity of castor oil, the latter being poisonous to cattle.
- Elsie and Edith Port were so alike that Jennie dosed the wrong one with her cure for all ailments - castor oil.
- “Both young men were disrobed and in the same bed with your daughter, who was also naked,” she said and swallowed as though she had just taken a tablespoon of castor oil. Olivia
- And so the paint is all nontoxic, and the spray-on insulation that coats the ceiling is made from castor oil. An Elevation in Red Hook
- Elsie and Edith Port were so alike that Jennie dosed the wrong one with her cure for all ailments - castor oil.
