Palma Christi

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions;

— called also castor-oil plant.

Related Words

Palma
PALMA[BALEARES] ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
palma
palma, ae [παλάμη; Sanscr. phal, to open], f., the palm of the hand. I Lit., Cic. Or. 32, 113; ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
palma
palma ae, f , παλάμη, the palm, flat hand: cum manum dilataverat, palmae illius similem, etc.: cavi...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Lachrymae Christi
·- A rich, sweet, red Neapolitan wine. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Corpus Christi, Fraternity of
In the Chapel of St. Mary de Coneyhope (q.v.). ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Corpus Christi Chapel in the Poultry
See St. Mary de Coneyhope, Chapel of. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Corpus Christi Chapel, St. Lawrence Pountney
A chapel in the College of St. Laurence Pountney (S. 224). Earliest mention: Master, Warden, and Ch...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.