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Significats de palma christ en anglès
portuguès
mamona 
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.
Veure'n mésSinònims
Examples for "castor-oil plant"
Examples for "castor-oil plant"
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The Castor-oil plant is found growing abundantly in Sumatra, particularly near the sea-shore.
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The pellet contained ricin, the poisonous extract of the castor bean plant.
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The castor bean plant is a friggin' ornamental.
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And, at least in the dreams of scientists, the genetic makeup of ricin could help identity the single castor bean plant that produced it.
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Is not the Palma Christi much affected by soil and situation?
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The kheroa (Ricinus, or Palma Christi,) is likewise very common here.
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Castor oil is expressed from a West Indian shrub, called Palma Christi; and especially from the ripe seeds, which are full of this oil.
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In the Hebrew it is Kikajon, which some render a gourd: others a palmerist, or palma Christi.
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Jarak (ricinus and Palma christi), from whence the castor oil is extracted, grows wild in abundance: especially near the sea-shore.
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It is a deadly natural poison that can be extracted from the beans of the castor oil plant Ricinus communis.