CASTOR OIL

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 51

The expre ed oil of the seed of ' the Bicinus communis, or Palma Christ i. It is a mild I aperient. 1 CATALYSIS. {Gr.>ia.Ta,,tmdiXvco, I di olve.) That I proce in which a substance excites by its mere pre1 sence (and without itself undergoing change) some che] mical action in the substances with which it is in contact. I [s. 1372]