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Definition of Genus ricinus
1. Noun. A genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Euphorbiaceae, Family Euphorbiaceae, Spurge Family
Member holonyms: Castor Bean Plant, Castor-oil Plant, Palma Christ, Palma Christi, Ricinus Communis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ricinus
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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