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castor bean

noun

  1. the seed of the castor-oil plant.


castor bean

noun

  1. another name for castor-oil plant
  2. the seed of this plant
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of castor bean1

1810–20, Americanism; short for castor-oil bean
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The invasive species they brought — like black mustard, tree tobacco and castor bean — slowly crept into the ecosystem.

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“Those, over there, are actually castor bean stalks,†Kleckner said as we zoomed past.

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Around 90% of oil is valuable for industrial uses in crops like castor beans, Bates said.

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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.

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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.

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