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castor-oil plant
[ kas-ter-oil, kah-ster- ]
noun
- a tall plant, Ricinus communis, of the spurge family, cultivated for its ornamental foliage and having poisonous seeds that are the source of castor oil.
castor-oil plant
noun
- a tall euphorbiaceous Indian plant, Ricinus communis, cultivated in tropical regions for ornament and for its poisonous seeds, from which castor oil is extracted Also called (US and Canadian)castor bean
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Origin of castor-oil plant1
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Example Sentences
In some inland districts beans of the castor oil plant, which grows in great abundance, are a lucrative article of trade.
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.
The castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis) grows wild, but it is also cultivated in many plantations.
The castor-oil plant, he says, grows especially in Java, where it forms immense fields and produces a great quantity of oil.
She cultivated also the common castor-oil plant, and a larger shrub ('Jatropha curcas'), which also yields a purgative oil.
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