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