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• Castor and Pollux
  1. in ancient Greek and Roman stories, two brothers who were TWIN s (= two children born at the same time), and who had many adventures. The group of stars known as GEMINI or the Heavenly Twins is named after them.
• Castor canadensis (noun)
  1. a variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida
• Castor fiber (noun)
  1. a European variety of beaver
• castor bean (noun)
  1. the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil
• castor bean plant (noun)
  1. 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
• castor oil (noun)
  1. a thick oil made from the seeds of a plant and used in the past as a medicine to make the BOWEL s empty
• castor sugar (noun)
  1. another spelling of CASTER SUGAR
• castor-oil plant (noun)
  1. 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
• genus Castor (noun)
  1. type genus of the Castoridae: beavers
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