CASTOR OIL

Jack's Reference Book for Home and Office : An Encyclopaedia of General Information: General Information · 1909 · p. 5

a thick oil forming an ccellent and gentle purge, obtained from 10 seeds of a plant, chiefly cultivated in ndia. Tho best, pale yellow in colour,; obtained by the application of pre ure > the seeds, without heat. See Med. ict. [s. 93]