Ricinus communis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ricinus communis	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Ricinus communis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ricinus communis n 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 Synonym(s): castor-oil plant, castor bean plant, palma christi, palma christ, Ricinus communis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palmic \Pal"mic\, a. [Cf. F. palmique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant ({Ricinus communis}, or {Palma Christi}); -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid. [Obsoles.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Palma Christi \[d8]Pal"ma Chris"ti\ [L., palm of Christ.] (Bot.) A plant ({Ricinus communis}) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also {castor-oil plant}. [Sometimes corrupted into {palmcrist}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Castor bean \Cas"tor bean`\ (Bot.) The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant ({Ricinus communis}, or {Palma Christi}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Castor oil \Cas"tor oil\ (k[acr]s"t[etil]r oil`). A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the {Ricinus communis}, or {Palma Christi}. When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid. {Castor-oil plant}. Same as {Palma Christi}.