castor oil

English

Alternative forms

• castor-oil

Etymology

From its medicinal use in succession to castor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.stə ˌɔɪl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.stɚ ˌɔɪl/

Noun

castor oil (countable and uncountable, plural castor oils)

1. The pale yellow vegetable oil extracted from the castor bean; used as a laxative and an industrial lubricant.
   • 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 127:

     Every six months, spoonfuls of castor oil were administered to combat constipation.

Synonyms

• ricinus oil

Derived terms

• castor oil plant

Related terms

• castoreum

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: oli de ricí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓖麻油 (zh) (bìmáyóu)

• Finnish: risiiniöljy (fi)
• French: huile de ricin (fr) f
• Galician: aceite de rícino (gl) m
• German: Rizinusöl (de) n
• Greek: καστορέλαιο (el) n (kastorélaio), ρετσινόλαδο (el) n (retsinólado)

  Ancient: κίκι n (kíki)

• Gujarati: દિવેલ n (divel)
• Hungarian: ricinusolaj (hu)
• Japanese: 蓖麻子油 (ja) (ひましゆ, himashiyu)
• Kazakh: майсана (maisana)
• Kikuyu: mbarĩki, maguta ma mbarĩki
• Korean: 피마자유 (pimajayu)
• Macedonian: рицинусово масло n (ricinusovo maslo)
• Navajo: akʼah agháhwiizídígíí
• Polish: olej rycynowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: óleo de rícino m
• Punjabi: ਕਸਟਰੈਲ m (kasṭarail)
• Romanian: ulei de ricin (ro) n
• Russian: касто́ровое ма́сло (ru) n (kastórovoje máslo), касто́рка (ru) f (kastórka)
• Spanish: aceite de ricino (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: kastroli
• Swedish: ricinolja (sv) c
• Tagalog: langis ng tangan-tangan, aseyte-de-kastor
• Telugu: ఆముదము (te) (āmudamu)
• Ukrainian: рици́нова олія f (rycýnova olija), рици́нова олія f (rycýnova olija), касто́рова олія (kastórova olija), касто́рка (uk) f (kastórka)

See also

• ricinoleic acid

References

• “castor oil”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “castor oil”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.