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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RICINUS
Ric
"i *
nus
(, n.
Etym:
[L.,
the
castor-oil
plant.
] (
Bot.
)
Defn: 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.
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