castor bean

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castor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɑː.stər/us
/ˈkæs.tɚ/
a small wheel, usually one of a set, that is attached to the bottom of a piece of furniture so that it can be ...
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bean
noun[C]
uk
/biːn/us
/biːn/
a seed, or the pod containing seeds, of various climbing plants, eaten as ...
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(Definition ofcastorandbeanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Magnesium increased in thecastorbeangloboids but remained relatively constant in rice globoids.
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Calcium decreased in thecastorbeanand became undetectable in rice.
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Thus, if the temperatures had been normal, neither cotton norcastorbeanwould have grown as well as they did in 2002.
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However, direct comparisons may be tenuous since endosperm was used for both rice andcastorbeanstudies, whereas the study reported here was carried out on cotyledon tissue.
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Cotton was not defined as suitable for the location, whilecastorbeanwas classified as moderately suitable.
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I refer tocastorbeanmeal which is now used as a fertilizer.
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It recommends widening the terms of prescription for occupational asthma to cover seven new sensitising agents, namely: antibiotics; cimetidine; wood dust; ispaghula;castorbeandust; ipecacuanha and azodicarbonamide.
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However, exotic plant species, such as giant reed,castorbean, and tobacco tree, are rapidly spreading and have yet to be eradicated.
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Its seed is thecastorbean, which, despite its name, is not a true bean.
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A deadly poison, ricin, comes from seeds of thecastorbean.
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Thecastorbeanplant from which ricin is derived is a common ornamental and can be grown at home without any special care.
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The pericarp ofcastorbeanshowed central nervous system effects in mice at low doses.
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Feedstocks can be a variety of sunflower oil, soybean oil, orcastorbeanoil.
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Jonathan was found hanging by a rope from acastorbeantree.
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These crops included sorghum, castor beans, coffee, cotton okra, black-eyed peas, watermelon, gourd, and pearl millet.
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Irrigation in the county led to more acres being planted on sorghum, cotton, alfalfa, watermelons and castor beans.
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During other seasons these mice eat the seeds of many other species, including plants, corn, wheat, beans, castor beans, and the poisonous seeds of the guanacaste tree.
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The recipe requires castor beans.
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Reported lethal doses are anywhere from two to eight seeds, though only a few deaths have been reported when castor beans have been ingested by animals.
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