castor-oil plant

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castor-oil plant Definition

• (n) 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

castor-oil plant Synonyms

• castor bean plant
• castor-oil plant
• palma christ
• palma christi
• Ricinus communis