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• castor bean — castor bean, adj. 1. the seed of the castor oil plant. 2. See castor oil plant. [1810 20, Amer.; short for castor oil bean] * * * …   Universalium

• Castor — Cas tor, Castorite Cas tor*ite, n. [The minerals castor and pollux were so named because found together on the island of Elba. See {Castor and Pollux}.] (Min.) A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Castor and Pollux — For other uses, see Castor and Pollux (disambiguation). Pair of Roman statuettes (3rd century AD) depicting the Dioscuri as horsemen, with their characteristic skullcaps (Metropolitan Museum of Art) In Greek and Roman mythology, Castor ( …   Wikipedia

• Castor — /kas teuhr, kah steuhr/, n. Astron. a star of the second magnitude in the constellation Gemini, the more northerly of the two bright stars in this constellation. [named after Castor; see CASTOR AND POLLUX] * * * ▪ star also called  Alpha… …   Universalium

• castor cake — noun see castor pomace …   Useful english dictionary

• castor-oil bean — noun see castor bean …   Useful english dictionary

• Castor oil — is a vegetable oil obtained from the castor bean (technically castor seed as the castor plant, Ricinus communis , is not a member of the bean family). Castor oil (CAS number 8001 79 4) is a colorless to very pale yellow liquid with mild or no… …   Wikipedia

• Castor et Pollux — ( Castor and Pollux ) is an opera by Jean Philippe Rameau, first performed on 24 October, 1737 at the Académie royale de musique in Paris. The librettist was Pierre Joseph Justin Bernard, whose reputation as a salon poet it made. This was the… …   Wikipedia

• Castor Creek — See also Castor River Castor Creek is a tributary of the Little River, about 65 mi (105 km) long, in north central Louisiana in the United States. [ [http://www.bartleby.com/69/59/C03359.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] ] Via the… …   Wikipedia

• Castor — Cas tor, n. [L. castor the beaver, Gr. ?; of uncertain origin.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See {Beaver}. [1913 Webster] 2. Castoreum. See {Castoreum}. [1913 Webster] 3. A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Castor and Pollux — Cas tor and Pol lux [Castor and Pollux were twin sons of Jupiter and Leda.] (Naut.) See {Saint Elmo s fire}, under {Saint}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English