physic nut

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physic nut - small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities

Jatropha curcus

genus Jatropha, Jatropha - a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae

angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

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