castor oil

Summary

castor oil ranks in the top 0.51% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,005 views/month, #399 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• castor oil is made of castor bean^[2].
• castor oil is a type of seed oil^[3].
• castor oil is a type of mixture^[4].
• castor oil is a type of crude drug^[5].
• castor oil is a type of herbal medicinal product^[6].
• castor oil is used for cathartic^[7].
• castor oil's Commons category is recorded as Castor oil^[8].
• castor oil comprises ricinoleic acid^[9].
• castor oil's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok^[10].
• castor oil's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[11].
• castor oil's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[12].
• castor oil's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[13].
• castor oil's natural product of taxon is recorded as Q155867^[14].
• castor oil's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C80990^[15].
• castor oil's fabrication method is recorded as oil extraction^[16].
• castor oil's water footprint is recorded as {'unit': 'Q57899268', 'amount': '+24740'}^[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include seed oil^[3], mixture^[4], crude drug^[5], and herbal medicinal product^[6].

Use and Application

castor oil is used for cathartic^[7]. It comprises ricinoleic acid^[9].

Influence

Things named for castor oil include Castor Oyl^[18], a fictional human^[19].

Why It Matters

castor oil ranks in the top 0.51% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,005 views/month, #399 of 77,819).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]

Entities named for it include Castor Oyl^[18], a fictional human^[19].