Found 2 items, similar to Castor-oil plant.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: castor-oil plant castor-oil plant 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 [syn: castor bean plant, palma christi , palma christ, Ricinus communis]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Castor-oil plant Castor oil \Cas"tor oil\ (k[a^]s"t[~e]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. [1913 Webster] Castor-oil plant. Same as Palma Christi. [1913 Webster]