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cas·tor·e·um

(kăs-tôr′ē-əm)
n.
See castor1.
[Latin castor, beaver; see castor1 + -eum, neuter of -eus, denominal adjective suffix.]
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castoreum

(kɑːˈstɔːrɪəm)
n
the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
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cas•tor1

(ˈkæs tər, ˈkɑ stər)

n.
1. Also, castoreum. a pungent, brownish, oily substance secreted by glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
2. a hat made of beaver or rabbit fur.
3. a beaver.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek kástōr beaver]

cas•tor2

(ˈkæs tər, ˈkɑ stər)

n.
caster (defs. 2–5).

Cas•tor

(ˈkæs tər, ˈkɑ stər)

n.
a star of the second magnitude in the constellation Gemini.
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We know diseases of stoppings, and suffocations, are the most dangerous in the body; and it is not much otherwise in the mind; you may take sarza to open the liver, steel to open the spleen, flowers of sulphur for the lungs, castoreum for the brain; but no receipt openeth the heart, but a true friend; to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession.
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Musleh: Mushk (Musk), Ambar (Ambegris), Jund be dastar (Castoreum), Gulqand (formulation made from rose petals and sugar), Roghan-e-soosan and Banafsha (a type of oil).
Herbo-Medicinal Formulation; Marham-e-raal: A Potent Ointment for Acute and Chronic Wounds - A Review
For Imitation Man, this was my first time working with a pheromone and I created a leather and castoreum accord.
THAT 70S FEELING
That's because it's flavored by castoreum, the secretion from beavers' castor sacs.
To your health
probably comes from its use as a replacement for castoreum, a perfume
Green chemistry, continued..
IF YOU feel like splashing out on a new aftershave and we really mean splashing out, Tom Ford's new Oud Wood Intense, one of three new Oud fragrances from the designer, introduces you to the oud scent at its richest, most luxurious saturation with key notes of angelica roots, ginger, cypress, juniper, oud wood, and castoreum.
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IF YOU feel like splashing out a new aftershave and we really mean splashing out, Tom Ford's new Oud Wood Intense, one of three new Oud fragrances from the designer, introduces you to the oud scent at its richest, most luxurious saturation with key notes of angelica roots, ginger, cypress, juniper, oud wood, and castoreum.
ON THE RADAR
We set Hancock live traps in the water at active lodges and either baited with fresh trembling aspen Populus tremuloides and commercially available ground castoreum or set as unbaited blind sets.
Do transmitters affect survival and body condition of American beavers Castor canadensis?
Armed with steel traps and "castoreum," they were sent by Montreal traders into areas such as the Peace River district, where competition was strong, fur-bearing animals abundant, and local Native populations had limited interest in trapping or demanded too high a price for their pelts.
"He was neither a soldier nor a slave: he was under the control of no man": Kahnawake Mohawks in the northwest fur trade, 1790-1850
Resident beavers (Castor canadensis) do not discriminate between castoreum scent marks from simulated adult and subadult male intruders.
Conspecific aggression by beavers (Castor canadensis) in the Sangamon River Basin in Central Illinois: correlates with habitat, age, sex and season
The European beaver was once widespread but was prized for its fur, the castoreum it produces for use in medicines and as a base aroma in perfumes and its meat which could be eaten by Catholics as a fish.
Discovery sheds light on the missing link in river management
castoreum. A strong absorbing drug which absorbs [matter] from the depth, is very useful in sciatica.
Comparison between used herbs for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease [GERD] in Iranian Traditional of Medicine [ITM]

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