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castor-oil plant

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1. n. 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 Source: wordnet

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large castor Africa Asia capsules containing leaves naturalized oil palmate ricin seeds shrub source spiny throughout tropical tropics widely

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castor and pollux castor bean castor bean plant Castor canadensis Castor fiber

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