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castor-oil plant
(encz) | castor-oil plant, n: |
castor-oil plant
(gcide) | Palma Christi \Pal"ma Chris"ti\ [L., palm of Christ.] (Bot.)
A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and
palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the
tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate
regions; -- called also castor-oil plant. [Sometimes
corrupted into palmcrist.]
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Castor-oil plant
(gcide) | Castor oil \Cas"tor oil\ (k[a^]s"t[~e]r oil`).
A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds
of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the
oil is inodorous and insipid.
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Castor-oil plant. Same as Palma Christi.
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castor-oil plant
(wn) | castor-oil plant
n 1: 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 [syn: castor-oil plant, {castor
bean plant}, palma christi, palma christ, {Ricinus
communis}] |
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Castor-oil plant
(gcide) | Palma Christi \Pal"ma Chris"ti\ [L., palm of Christ.] (Bot.)
A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and
palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the
tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate
regions; -- called also castor-oil plant. [Sometimes
corrupted into palmcrist.]
[1913 Webster]Castor oil \Cas"tor oil\ (k[a^]s"t[~e]r oil`).
A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds
of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the
oil is inodorous and insipid.
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Castor-oil plant. Same as Palma Christi.
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