castor-oil plant
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.
Origin of castor-oil plant
1- Also called castor bean.
Words Nearby castor-oil plant
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How to use castor-oil plant in a sentence
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.
Masterman Ready | Captain Frederick MarryatThe 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.
Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De CandolleShe cultivated also the common castor-oil plant, and a larger shrub ('Jatropha curcas'), which also yields a purgative oil.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | David Livingstone
British Dictionary definitions for castor-oil plant
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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