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CASTOR BEAN PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does castor bean plant mean?
• CASTOR BEAN PLANT (noun)
The noun CASTOR BEAN PLANT has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: CASTOR BEAN PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
castor-oil plant; castor bean plant; palma christ; palma christi; Ricinus communis
Hypernyms ("castor bean plant" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Meronyms (parts of "castor bean plant"):
castor bean (the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil)
Holonyms ("castor bean plant" is a member of...):
genus Ricinus; Ricinus (a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant)
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