oil-plant

[ oil-plant ]

noun

1. any of several plants, as the castor-oil plant or sesame, the seeds of which yield an oil.

Word History and Origins

Origin of oil-plant¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

In some inland districts beans of the castor oil plant, which grows in great abundance, are a lucrative article of trade.

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This is, if I recollect right, the castor-oil plant, and here are some of the castor-oil beans which Master Tommy has been eating.

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The castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis) grows wild, but it is also cultivated in many plantations.

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Yet Forskal2118 gathered the caster-oil plant in the mountains of Arabia Felix, which may signify a wild station.

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The castor-oil plant, he says, grows especially in Java, where it forms immense fields and produces a great quantity of oil.

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