Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - castor oil
Castor oil
castor oil
n. 1 an oil from the seeds of a plant, Ricinus communis, used as a purgative and lubricant. 2 (in full castor oil plant) this plant. Phrases and idioms castor oil bean (or castor bean) a seed of the castor oil plant. Etymology: 18th c.: orig. uncert.: perh. so called as having succeeded CASTOR(2) in the medical sense
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noun Etymology: probably from its former use as a substitute for castoreum in medicine Date: 1746 a pale viscous fatty oil from castor beans used especially as a cathartic and as a lubricant and plasticizer ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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