CASTOR BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does castor bean mean? 

• CASTOR BEAN (noun)
  The noun CASTOR BEAN has 1 sense:

1. the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil

  Familiarity information: CASTOR BEAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASTOR BEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("castor bean" is a kind of...):

oil-rich seed; oilseed (any of several seeds that yield oil)

Holonyms ("castor bean" is a part of...):

castor-oil plant; castor bean plant; palma christ; palma christi; Ricinus communis (large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics)

 Context examples 

A vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of the castor bean, Ricinus communis.

(Castor Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent can be extracted from castor beans.

(Di-dgA-RFB4 Immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

An immunotoxin of monoclonal antibody (MoAb) RFB4 covalently linked to a single deglycosylated ricin toxin A-chain (dgA), originated from castor beans.

(IgG-RFB4-SMPT-dgA Immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)