Found 3 hits - Term: castor-oil plant, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
see also:
ricinus communis castor-oil plant palmcrist
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
castor oil \cas"tor oil\ ka^s"t~er 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
see also:
ricinus communis palma christi castor-oil plant
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
castor-oil plant
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 syn: castor bean plant, palma
christi, palma christ, ricinus communis
see also:
castor bean plant palma christi palma christ ricinus communis
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