castor oils

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of castor oil.
  castor oil

  noun

  a colorless to pale yellow, viscid liquid, usually obtained from the castor bean by a pressing process: used as a lubricant, in the manufacture of certain soaps and creams, and in medicine chiefly as a cathartic.

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castor oils

The melting and solidifying points of the acids in cotton seed, sesame, and peanut oils lie considerably higher, those of sunflower, rape, and castor oils decidedly lower than those of olive oil.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various

The oils employed in adulterating olive oil, and to which regard must be had in testing it, are the following: Cotton seed oil, sesame, peanut, sun flower, rape, and castor oils.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various

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