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Castor-oil Plant

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Noun

1. castor bean plant, castor-oil plant, palma christ, palma christi, ricinus communis

large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Castor-oil Plant

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noun
a tall euphorbiaceous Indian plant, Ricinus communis, cultivated in tropical regions for ornament and for its poisonous seeds, from which castor oil is extracted
. Also called (US and Canadian): castor bean

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Castor-oil Plant

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a tropical plant (Ricinus communis) of the spurge family, with seeds (castor beans) from which castor oil is extracted

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Castor-oil Plant

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n.
A poisonous, ornamental shrub (Ricinus communis) native to Africa, having palmately lobed leaves and widely cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil of commercial and medicinal value.

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