Palma Christi

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Pal´ma Chris´ti

(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.

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palma christi - 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

castor bean plant, castor-oil plant, palma christ, Ricinus communis

castor bean - the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil

genus Ricinus, Ricinus - a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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