castor-oil plant

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 112945383)
    is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
    belongs to: genus ricinus, ricinus - a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant
    has: castor bean - the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil
    same as: castor bean plant, palma christ, palma christi, ricinus communis

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