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Castor Oil
Webster's Dictionary
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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Castor Oil'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/castor-oil.html. 1828.