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CASTOR BEAN PLANT

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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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

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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