PALMA CHRISTI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palma christi mean? 

• PALMA CHRISTI (noun)
  The noun PALMA CHRISTI 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: PALMA CHRISTI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALMA CHRISTI (noun)

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 ("palma christi" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (parts of "palma christi"):

castor bean (the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil)

Holonyms ("palma christi" is a member of...):

genus Ricinus; Ricinus (a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant)