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

1 sense of physic nut

Sense 1
physic nut, Jatropha curcus -- (small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities)
       => angiospermous tree, flowering tree -- (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)