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castor bean
castor bean
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- castor-bean adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of castor bean1
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Researchers check to see that the protein doesn’t look too similar to a number of toxic proteins that exist in nature like venoms, or ricin, which comes from unprocessed castor beans.
Considerable quantities of this article have been manufactured in Illinois from the palma christi, or castor bean.
The castor bean pomace is good for anything in the poor soils of Southern Illinois.
Mr. Earle was questioned about the use of castor bean pomace for strawberries.
Having concluded to try the castor bean, I wish to ask some information.
This resemblance is responsible for some of the popular names, such as "castor-bean tick," etc.
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