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CASTOR BEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("castor bean" is a kind of...):
oil-rich seed; oilseed (any of several seeds that yield oil)
Holonyms ("castor bean" is a part of...):
castor-oil plant; castor bean 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)
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