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Benne
noun · 78% connection
The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is ex…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Castor bean
unknown · 78% connection
The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Castor oil
unknown · 78% connection
A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorous…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Elaiodic
adjective · 78% connection
Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; as, elaiodic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Erucic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Formic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Lavender
noun · 78% connection
An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. T…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Linoleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Lipic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Locustic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; -- formerly used to designate a supposed acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Macassar oil
unknown · 78% connection
A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Naphthalenic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to , or derived from, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, called naphthalenic ac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Nicotinic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; -- used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by the oxid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Nitroprussic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Octoic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, octane; -- used specifically, to designate any one of a group of acids, the most important…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Oenanthol
noun · 78% connection
An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also oe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Oenanthylic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the ac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.
Oil
noun · 78% connection
Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, castor-oil, plant, ricinus.