Definition of Genus ricinus

1. Noun. A genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ricinus

genus Rhizophora
genus Rhizopogon
genus Rhizopus
genus Rhodanthe
genus Rhododendron
genus Rhodosphaera
genus Rhodymenia
genus Rhus
genus Rhyacotriton
genus Rhynchoelaps
genus Rhyncostylis
genus Rhynia
genus Ribes
genus Richea
genus Richmondena
genus Ricinus
genus Rickettsia
genus Riparia
genus Rissa
genus Rivina
genus Rivulus
genus Robinia
genus Roccella
genus Roccus
genus Rodolia
genus Romneya
genus Roridula
genus Rorippa
genus Rosa
genus Rosellinia

Literary usage of Genus ricinus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"... amts. for a given wt. of vegetable substance and that this ought to be considered a fixed property of th* genus Ricinus. GEO. T. CALDWELL. ..."

2. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"... genus ricinus Hieraus (Latin, a tick ; the peculiarly mottled seed being thought to resemble a tick). A genus consisting of one or two species of small ..."

3. An Introduction to Systematic and Physiological Botany by Thomas Nuttall (1827)
"The genus Ricinus, Palma Christi, or Castor Oil plant, now often cultivated in the United States for the drug it affords, and not uncommon in our gardens, ..."

4. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"... but now- naturalized in the s. of Europe, and in other warm regions of the globe. The genus ricinus belongs to the natural order ..."

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