castor bean

English

Castor bean plant (sense 1).

Castor bean seeds (sense 2).

Noun

castor bean (plural castor beans)

1. A castor oil plant, of species Ricinus communis.
2. Seed of the castor oil plant, used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.

Derived terms

• castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Translations

seed of the castor oil plant

• Arabic: الخروع
• Bulgarian: рици́ново се́ме n (ricínovo séme)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓖麻子 (zh) (bìmázǐ)

• Finnish: risiinipapu
• Japanese: 蓖麻子 (ja) (ひまし, himashi)
• Kikuyu: mbarĩki
• Macedonian: рицинус m (ricinus)
• Meru: mbarĩki
• Punjabi: ਹਰਨੌਲ਼ੀ f (harnauḷī)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: semilla de ricino m

References

• castor bean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ricinus communis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ricinus communis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• carbonates