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palma christ
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palma christ
(wn) | palma christ
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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palma christi
(encz) | palma christi, n: |
Palma Christi
(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]Palmic \Pal"mic\, a. [Cf. F. palmique.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant
(Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi) and other species of
the family Euphorbiaceae; -- formerly used to designate an
acid now called ricinoleic acid (d-12-hydroxyoleic acid,
C18H34O3). [Obsoles.]
[1913 Webster]ricinoleic acid \ric`in*o"le*ic ac"id\, n. (Chem.)
An organic acid (C18H34O3) obtained from the castor-oil
plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi) and other
species of the family Euphorbiaceae; chemicaly it is
d-12-hydroxyoleic acid
(CH3(CH2)5.CH(OH).CH2.CH=CH.(CH2)7COOH). Formerly called
palmic acid.
[1913 Webster +PJC]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.
[1913 Webster]
Castor-oil plant. Same as Palma Christi.
[1913 Webster]Castor bean \Cas"tor bean`\ (Bot.)
The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis,
or Palma Christi.)
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palma christi
(wn) | palma christi
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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