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ricinus
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ricinus
n.
type of plant
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Ricinus
Ricinus communis, the castorbean or castor-oil-plant, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus, Ricinus, and subtribe, Ricininae. The evolution of castor and its relation to other species are currently being studied using modern genetic tools. It reproduces with a mixed pollination system which favor selfing by geitonogamy but at the same time can be an out-crosser by anemophily or entomophily.
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Ricinus
Noun
1. a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant
(synonym) genus Ricinus
(hypernym) rosid dicot genus
(member-holonym) Euphorbiaceae, family Euphorbiaceae, spurge family
(member-meronym) castor-oil plant, castor bean plant, palma christi, palma christ, Ricinus communis
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Ricinus
(n.)
A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi.
A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi.
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ricinus
castor oil
