CASTOR BEAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("castor bean" is a kind of...):

oil-rich seed; oilseed (any of several seeds that yield oil)

Holonyms ("castor bean" is a part of...):

castor-oil plant; castor bean plant; palma christ; palma christi; Ricinus communis (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)

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