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JATROPHA CURCUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities
Synonyms:
Jatropha curcus; physic nut
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Jatropha curcus" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("Jatropha curcus" is a member of...):
genus Jatropha; Jatropha (a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)
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