castor-oil plant
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castor-oil plant
(kăs′tər-oil′)n.
A poisonous, ornamental shrub (Ricinus communis) native to Africa, having palmately lobed leaves and widely cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil of commercial and medicinal value.
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