ricinus : Idioms & Phrases
genus ricinus
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noun a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant
Ricinus.
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ixodes ricinus
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noun parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
sheep-tick; sheep tick.
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ricinus communis
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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
castor bean plant; palma christi; palma christ; castor-oil plant.
