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English noun: castor-oil plant | |||
| 1. | castor-oil plant (plant) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | castor bean plant, palma christ, palma christi, Ricinus communis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub | ||
| Part holonym | castor bean | ||
| Member meronym | genus Ricinus, Ricinus | ||
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