ricinus

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ricinus - 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]

ricinus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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