castor bean plant

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castor bean plant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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
           ]