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Undecylenic :: Undecylenic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid C11H20O2, homologous with acrylic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of castor oil..

Oilseed :: Oilseed (n.) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean..

Castor :: Castor (n.) See Caster, a small wheel..

Gemini :: Gemini (n. pl.) 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..

Elaiodic :: Elaiodic (a.) Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; as, elaiodic acid..

Castoreum :: Castoreum (n.) 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..

Macassar Oil :: 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..

Palma Christi :: Palma Christi () A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant..

Castor :: Castor (n.) A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.

Sebacic :: Sebacic (a.) Of or pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat; specifically, designating an acid (formerly called also sebic, and pyroleic, acid), obtained by the distillation or saponification of certain oils (as castor oil) as a white crystalline substance..

Pollux :: Pollux (n.) A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the constellation Gemini. Cf. 3d Castor..

Castor :: Castor (n.) A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver..

Ricinic :: Ricinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid..

Castorite :: Castorite (n.) A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba..

Castor Oil :: 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..

Radiate-veined :: Radiate-veined (a.) Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant..

Castor :: Castor (n.) Alt. of Castorit.

Palmin :: Palmin (n.) A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil.

Ricinolein :: Ricinolein (n.) The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin..

Beaver :: Beaver (n.) An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor..

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