English noun: Jatropha curcus | |||
1. | Jatropha curcus (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 | physic nut | ||
Broader (hypernym) | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | ||
Member meronym | genus Jatropha, Jatropha | ||