Definition of Ricinus communis. Meaning of Ricinus communis. Synonyms of Ricinus communis

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Definition of Ricinus communis

Ricinus communis
Palma Christi Pal"ma Chris"ti [L., palm of Christ.] (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. [Sometimes corrupted into palmcrist.]
Ricinus communis
Palmic Pal"mic, a. [Cf. F. palmique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid. [Obsoles.]
Ricinus communis
Castor bean Cas"tor bean` (Bot.) The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)
Ricinus communis
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. Castor-oil plant. Same as Palma Christi.

Meaning of Ricinus communis from wikipedia

- Ricinus communis, the castor bean or castor oil plant, is a species of perennial flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole species...
- highly potent toxin produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis. The median lethal dose (LD50) of ricin for mice is around 22 micrograms...
- a vegetable oil pressed from castor beans, the seeds of the plant Ricinus communis. The seeds are 40 to 60 percent oil. It is a colourless or pale yellow...
- an extremely toxic hemagglutinin, from seeds of the castor plant (Ricinus communis). The first lectin to be purified on a large scale and available on...
- acid. Castor oil, the expressed natural fatty oil of the seeds of Ricinus communis also contains mixtures of the glycerides of isoricinoleic acids and...
- component of the seed oil obtained from the seeds of castor plant (Ricinus communis L., Euphorbiaceae), the plant that produces ricin. It is also found...
- based on the host plant used for feeding the caterpillars, castor, Ricinus communis. This moth is derived from several different species within the genus...
- oil plant", but it is not the same as the usual castor oil plant, Ricinus communis (they are in the same family but different subfamilies). J. curcas...
- (bleeding-heart, Dutchman's breeches) Hyacinthus (hyacinth) Myrtus (myrtle) Ricinus communis (castor oil plant) Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot) Trillium Viola...
- glycosides (e.g. root tubers of c****ava). The seeds of the castor oil plant Ricinus communis contain the highly toxic carbohydrate-binding protein ricin. A milky...