n 1  cap  :  a genus of plants of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) that have large palmate leaves and monoecious flowers with very numerous stamens and include the castor-oil plant (R. communis)  2  :  any plant of the genus Ricinus .
 
 
 
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