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    GENUS RICINUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plantplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Ricinus; Ricinus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Ricinus" is a kind of...):

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Ricinus"):

    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)

    Holonyms ("genus Ricinus" is a member of...):

    Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)

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