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Definition of Ricinus communis

1. Noun. Large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ricinus Communis

Literary usage of Ricinus communis

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. Biology: An Introductory Study for Use in Colleges by Herbert William Conn (1912)
"THE CASTOR BEAN (ricinus communis) The castor bean (ricinus communis) is the plant from which castor oil is obtained; it is also used as an ornamental ..."

4. Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale (1897)
"OLEUM ricinus communis. (Castor Oil.) PHARMACOLOGY.—This oil is obtained from the castor oil bean, by ex- pression. (For description of the plant, ..."

5. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"The results of a comparison of two plants of ricinus communis, selected with ... The results of these experiments on seedlings of ricinus communis show how ..."

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