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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Ricinus, genus Ricinusnoun

    a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant

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  1. Ricinus

    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 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 favors selfing by geitonogamy but at the same time can be an out-crosser by anemophily (wind pollination) or entomophily (insect pollination).Its seed is the castor bean, which, despite its name, is not a bean (that is, the seed of many Fabaceae). Castor is indigenous to the southeastern Mediterranean Basin, Eastern Africa, and India, but is widespread throughout tropical regions (and widely grown elsewhere as an ornamental plant).Castor seed is the source of castor oil, which has a wide variety of uses. The seeds contain between 40% and 60% oil that is rich in triglycerides, mainly ricinolein. The seed also contains ricin, a highly potent water-soluble toxin, which is also present in lower concentrations throughout the plant. The plant known as "false castor oil plant", Fatsia japonica, is not closely related.

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  1. ricinus

    Ricinus is a genus of perennial flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole species in the genus Ricinus and subtribe Ricininae. The most well-known species within this genus is Ricinus communis, also known as the castor oil plant. The plant is native to the Mediterranean region, Eastern Africa, and India. The seeds produced by the Ricinus plant are noted for their high oil content and are the source of castor oil. The plant can often be recognized by its large, glossy foliage.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ricinusnoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [L., the castor-oil plant.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ricinus

    ris′i-nus, n. a genus of apetalous plants, whose one species is Ricinus communis, the castor-oil plant.—adj. Ricinol′ic, pertaining to, or obtained from, castor-oil. [L. ricinus, the castor-oil plant.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Ricinus

    A plant genus of the family EUPHORBIACEAE, order Euphorbiales, subclass Rosidae. The seed of Ricinus communis L. is the CASTOR BEAN which is the source of CASTOR OIL; RICIN; and other lectins.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ricinus in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ricinus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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