Castoreum

Quick meaning: Castoreum is a noun meaning The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers, used as a scent mark, and as a tincture in some perfumes.

Meaning

The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers, used as a scent mark, and as a tincture in some perfumes.

More Meanings

1. (archaic) A hat made from beaver fur.

Example Sentences

Synthetic castoreums are now available, and can be as good as the natural fragrant^([sic]).

Real oud is complex material, with honey, tobacco, leaf, minty-fresh and castoreum animalic notes all mixed together.

While the role of castoreum as a means of territorial advertisement has been extensively investigated and supported, the possibility of coding for sex information has not yet been excluded.

One of the substances tried was castoreum.[…]If I were to judge from my own experience, I would say castoreum has very little therapeutic power, for I have not seen much benefit from its employment in those cases to which this remedy is said to be adapted.

Word Forms

• castoreums
• castorea
• castorium

Synonyms for castoreum

Depending on context, synonyms include castor, beaver.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include steatoma, sarothrum, baculus, semen, spermatheca, colleterium.

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