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castor bean
castor bean
noun
- another name for castor-oil plant
- the seed of this plant
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Other Words From
- castor-bean adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of castor bean1
1810–20, Americanism; short for castor-oil bean
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Example Sentences
“Those, over there, are actually castor bean stalks,” Kleckner said as we zoomed past.
From Los Angeles Times
Around 90% of oil is valuable for industrial uses in crops like castor beans, Bates said.
From Science Daily
He was arrested after agents found a plastic bag with castor beans along with a handwritten recipe for extracting ricin from the beans, according to an FBI affidavit.
From Seattle Times
She later admitted to making the ricin - a poison made from the waste material left over from castor beans processing - at her Quebec home, and placing it into an envelope with the letter.
From BBC
The researchers looked at a species of tick called the castor bean tick, which is common across Europe.
From Seattle Times
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