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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant;
[syn: Ricinus, genus Ricinus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ricinus \Ric"i*nus\, n. [L., the castor-oil plant.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (Ricinus communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil is expressed. See Palma Christi. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Ricinus n 1: a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant [syn: Ricinus, genus Ricinus]