Vocabulary : Castor bean to Castration

Castor bean : The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)
Castor oil : A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid.
Castoreum : A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.
Castorin : A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.
Castorite : A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba.

Castrametation : The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of a camp.
Castrate : To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter. ;; To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.
Castrated : of Castrate
Castrating : of Castrate
Castration : The act of castrating.

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