castor-oil plant
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 bean plant, palma christi, palma christ, Ricinus communis • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Member Holonyms: Ricinus, genus Ricinus • Part Meronyms: castor bean
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