Search Result for "castor_bean_plant":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: castor-oil plant, castor bean plant, palma christi, palma christ, Ricinus communis]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

castor bean plant n 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 [syn: castor-oil plant, castor bean plant, palma christi, palma christ, Ricinus communis]