·noun A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. ·see Palma Christi.
rīcīnus, a, um, adj. [rica], veiled : mitra, Varr. ap. Non. 539, 26. ...
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