castor oil
noun
: a pale viscous fatty oil from castor beans used especially as a cathartic and as a lubricant and plasticizer
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Infused with castor oil, an ingredient known to reduce breakage, strengthen and grow hair, reach for TGIN’s Miracle Styling Smooth And Sleek Wax Stick for quick slick backs and laid edges.
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Essence Beauty Editors, Essence, 27 Feb. 2025
Luckily, Air Brow is full of other good-for-brow-hair ingredients, like castor oil, panthenol, and peptides, to keep hairs conditioned while coating them with a natural-looking tint.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
To make a castor oil pack:20 Soak a clean, soft cloth or cotton pad with a small amount of castor oil.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Key Ingredients: Hyaluronic acid, sweet agave extract, willow bark extract, castor oil
Size: 0.35 oz.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
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Essence Beauty Editors, Essence, 27 Feb. 2025
Luckily, Air Brow is full of other good-for-brow-hair ingredients, like castor oil, panthenol, and peptides, to keep hairs conditioned while coating them with a natural-looking tint.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
To make a castor oil pack:20 Soak a clean, soft cloth or cotton pad with a small amount of castor oil.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Key Ingredients: Hyaluronic acid, sweet agave extract, willow bark extract, castor oil
Size: 0.35 oz.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for castor oil
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“Castor oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/castor%20oil. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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