castor oil plant

noun

A plant of the species Ricinus communis, used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.

Similar
palma Christiman's motherwortricinus
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Meanings

nouncastor oil plant (plural castor oil plants)

plural castor oil plants

  1. A plant of the species Ricinus communis, used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.

    Synonyms: palma Christi, man's motherwort, ricinus

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA plant of the species Ricinus communis, used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.

Similar
palma Christiman's motherwortricinus
Also see
ricinus

Translations

Afrikaans kasterolieboom
  • kasterolieboomRicinus communis
Ancient Greek κροτών, κίκι
  • κροτών (krotṓn)Ricinus communis
  • κίκι (kíki)Ricinus communis
Arabic خِرْوَع, تَنُّوم
  • خِرْوَع (ḵirwaʕ)Ricinus communis
  • تَنُّوم (tannūm)Ricinus communis
Basque akain-belar
  • akain-belarRicinus communis
Bulgarian рици́н, къ́рлеж
  • рици́н (ricín)Ricinus communis
  • къ́рлеж (kắrlež)Ricinus communis
Catalan ricí
  • ricíRicinus communis
Chinese Mandarin 蓖麻
  • 蓖麻 (bìmá)Ricinus communis
Dutch wonderboom, wonderolieboom
  • wonderboomRicinus communis
  • wonderolieboomRicinus communis
  • ricinusRicinus communis
Finnish risiini
  • risiiniRicinus communis
French ricin
  • ricinRicinus communis
German Rizinus, Wunderbaum
  • RizinusRicinus communis
  • WunderbaumRicinus communis
  • LäusebaumRicinus communis
  • HundsbaumRicinus communis
Hebrew קִקָיוֹן
  • קִקָיוֹן (qiqayón)Ricinus communis
Hindi अरंडी
  • अरंडी (araṇḍī)Ricinus communis
Italian ricino
  • ricinoRicinus communis
Japanese トウゴマ
  • トウゴマ (tōgoma)Ricinus communis
Korean 피마자
  • 피마자 (pimaja)Ricinus communis
Polish rącznik pospolity, rącznik
  • rącznik pospolityRicinus communis
  • rącznikRicinus communis
  • kleszczowinaRicinus communis
  • rycynusRicinus communis
Portuguese mamona, mamoneira
  • mamonaRicinus communis
  • mamoneiraRicinus communis
  • rícinoRicinus communis
Punjabi ਅਰਿੰਡ
  • ਅਰਿੰਡ (ariṇḍ)Ricinus communis
Romanian ricin
  • ricinRicinus communis
Russian клещеви́на
  • клещеви́на (kleščevína)Ricinus communis
Spanish ricino
  • ricinoRicinus communis
Swedish ricin
  • ricinRicinus communis
Tagalog lansina, tangantangan
  • lansinaRicinus communis
  • tangantanganRicinus communis
Tamil விளக்கெண்ணெய் செடி, ஆமணக்கு
  • விளக்கெண்ணெய் செடி (viḷakkeṇṇey ceṭi)Ricinus communis
  • ஆமணக்கு (āmaṇakku)Ricinus communis
  • ஆமண்டம் (āmaṇṭam)Ricinus communis
Thai ละหุ่ง
  • ละหุ่ง (lá-hùng)Ricinus communis
Turkish Hint yağı ağacı, kene otu
  • Hint yağı ağacıRicinus communis
  • kene otuRicinus communis
  • kene ağacıRicinus communis
  • Hint baklasıRicinus communis
Vietnamese thầu dầu
  • thầu dầuRicinus communis
Cite this entry
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Chicago

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