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Noun: palma christi
  1. 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
    - castor-oil plant, castor bean plant, palma christ, Ricinus communis

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: genus Ricinus, Ricinus

Encyclopedia: Palma christi

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palm family
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Palm Sunday
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Palmaceae
Palmae
Palmales
palmar
palmary
palmate
palmate leaf
palmated
palmately
palmately-lobed