Castor-oil plant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    castor bean plant; palma christi; palma christ; Ricinus communis.

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Definitions
  1. . Same as Palma Christi.

Webster 1913