JATROPHA CURCUS

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Meaning:

Small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities

Synonyms:

Jatropha curcus; physic nut

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Jatropha curcus" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("Jatropha curcus" is a member of...):

genus Jatropha; Jatropha (a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)

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