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CASTOR-OIL PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
castor-oil plant; castor bean plant; palma christ; palma christi; Ricinus communis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("castor-oil plant" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Meronyms (parts of "castor-oil plant"):
castor bean (the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil)
Holonyms ("castor-oil plant" is a member of...):
genus Ricinus; Ricinus (a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant)
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