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Definition of 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
Definition of Ricinus
1. n. 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.
Definition of Ricinus
1. a large-leaved plant [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Ricinus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ricinus
Literary usage of Ricinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Genetic Manipulation in Crops: Proceedings of the International Symposium on by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"Callus and plantlets have been obtained successfully by culturing young stem
segments to explore the capability of somatic morphogenesis in ricinus communis ..."
2. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1889)
"In the next place remove the shell-like testa from the seed of the castor oil
plant (ricinus communis), cut it through across, and make preparations just as ..."
3. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"... ricinus, gorged full, dorsal and ventral surfaces. 2/1. (After Pagenstecher.)
legs are dark blackish-brown, body deep orange-red with four dark ..."
4. A Manual of organic materia medica by John Michael Maisch (1890)
"ricinus fruit. Seed. Longitudinal sections. sugar, ash (testa 10 per cent., kernel
4 per cent.). The poisonous principle is an albuminoid ..."
5. Biology: An Introductory Study for Use in Colleges by Herbert William Conn (1912)
"For this purpose we will study the castor bean. THE CASTOR BEAN (ricinus ...
castor bean (ricinus communis) is the plant from which castor oil is obtained; ..."
6. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1878)
"Washing with cold water or snow), Itching on back. ricinus communis, Linn. ricinus.
Natural order, Euphorbiaceae. ..."
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