English noun: physic nut | |||
1. | physic nut (plant) small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities | ||
Synonyms | Jatropha curcus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | ||
Member meronym | genus Jatropha, Jatropha | ||