Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun castor_bean_plant

1 sense of castor bean plant

Sense 1
castor-oil plant, castor bean plant, palma christi, palma christ, Ricinus communis -- (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)
       => shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)