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 castor bean plant
      n : 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 [syn: castor-oil plant, palma
           christi, palma christ, Ricinus communis]