castor oil

English Thesaurus

1. a purgative extracted from the seed of the castor-oil plant; used in paint and varnish as well as medically (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	aperient, cathartic, physic, purgative,
definition	:	a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels (noun.artifact)

substance holonym	:	ricinoleic acid,
definition	:	an oily fatty acid found in castor oil and used in soap (noun.substance)