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oil plant
(gcide) | Benne \Ben"ne\, n. [Malay bijen.] (Bot.)
The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and {Sesamum
indicum}), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant.
From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil or
sesame oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern
United States the seeds are used in candy. [Also spelled
benni.]
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castor oil plant
(encz) | castor oil plant,skočec obecný [bot.] Pino |
castor-oil plant
(encz) | castor-oil plant, n: |
madia oil plant
(encz) | madia 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.]
[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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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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madia oil plant
(gcide) | madia oil plant \madia oil plant\ n.
The Madia sativa, a South American herb with sticky
glandular foliage, the source of madia oil. See Madia.
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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}] |
madia oil plant
(wn) | madia oil plant
n 1: South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source
of madia oil [syn: melosa, Chile tarweed, {madia oil
plant}, Madia sativa] |
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