Usually means: Toxic plant, source of castor oil.
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  1. Ricinus communis: Botanical Name listing of Plants
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Definitions from WordNet (Ricinus communis)

noun:  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


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