[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

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
see also:
ricinus communis palma christi euphorbiaceae ricinoleic c18h34o3 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ricinoleic acid \ric`ino"leic 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
   ch3ch25.choh.ch2.ch=ch.ch27cooh. formerly called
   palmic acid.
   1913 webster +pjc
see also:
c18h34o3 ricinus communis palma christi euphorbiaceae ch3ch25.choh.ch2.ch=ch.ch27cooh palmic acid 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

castor bean \cas"tor bean`\ bot.
   the bean or seed of the castor-oil plant ricinus communis,
   or palma christi.
   1913 webster
see also:
ricinus communis palma christi 

[5] : 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 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

palma christi
     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-oil plant, castor
         bean plant, palma christ, ricinus communis
see also:
castor-oil plant castor bean plant palma christ ricinus communis 

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