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castor oil plant

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A plant of the species Ricinus communis, used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: palma Christi, man's motherwort, ricinus

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kasterolieboom — Ricinus communis
  • Arabic: خِرْوَع (ḵirwaʕ) — Ricinus communis
  • Arabic: تَنُّوم (tannūm) — Ricinus communis
  • Aramaic: ܩܪܕܐ (qerdā) — Ricinus communis
  • Aramaic: ܨܠܘܠܝܒܐ (ṣlawlīḇā) — Ricinus communis
  • Aramaic: ܓܢܐܓܪܓܢ (ganāgarḡin) — Ricinus communis
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: צְלוּלִיבָא (ṣlūlīḇā) — Ricinus communis
  • Assamese: এৰা (era) — Ricinus communis
  • Basque: akain-belar — Ricinus communis
  • Bulgarian: рици́н (ricín) — Ricinus communis
  • Bulgarian: къ́рлеж (kǎ́rlež) — Ricinus communis
  • Burmese: ကြက်ဆူ (krakhcu) — Ricinus communis
  • Catalan: ricí — Ricinus communis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蓖麻 (bìmá) — Ricinus communis
  • Dutch: wonderboom — Ricinus communis
  • Dutch: wonderolieboom — Ricinus communis
  • Dutch: ricinus — Ricinus communis
  • Egyptian: d-gm-m-M1 (dgm) — Ricinus communis
  • Finnish: risiini — Ricinus communis
  • French: ricin — Ricinus communis
  • German: Rizinus — Ricinus communis
  • German: Wunderbaum — Ricinus communis
  • German: Läusebaum — Ricinus communis
  • German: Hundsbaum — Ricinus communis
  • Ancient Greek: κροτών (krotṓn) — Ricinus communis
  • Ancient Greek: κίκι (kíki) — Ricinus communis
  • Hebrew: קִקָיוֹן (qiqayón) — Ricinus communis
  • Hindi: अरंडी (araṇḍī) — Ricinus communis
  • Italian: ricino — Ricinus communis
  • Japanese: トウゴマ (tōgoma) — Ricinus communis
  • S'gaw Karen: ခံၣ်တံာ် (kheè teẹ) — Ricinus communis
  • Kazakh: кәдімгі үпілмәлік (kädımgı üpılmälık) — Ricinus communis
  • Khmer: ខ្ញែរ (khñae) — Ricinus communis
  • Kikuyu: mũbarĩki — Ricinus communis
  • Kikuyu: mwarĩki — Ricinus communis
  • Korean: 피마자 (pimaja) — Ricinus communis
  • Malayalam: ആവണക്ക് (āvaṇakkŭ) — Ricinus communis
  • Meru: mwarĩki — Ricinus communis
  • Newar: अलःमा (ala:mā) — Ricinus communis
  • Polish: rącznik pospolity — Ricinus communis
  • Polish: rącznik — Ricinus communis
  • Polish: kleszczowina — Ricinus communis
  • Polish: rycynus — Ricinus communis
  • Portuguese: mamona — Ricinus communis
  • Portuguese: mamoneira — Ricinus communis
  • Portuguese: rícino — Ricinus communis
  • Punjabi: ਅਰਿੰਡ (ariṇḍ) — Ricinus communis
  • Romanian: ricin — Ricinus communis
  • Russian: клещеви́на (kleščevína) — Ricinus communis
  • Santali: ᱮᱨᱟᱸᱰᱚᱢ (erãḍôm) — Ricinus communis
  • Spanish: ricino — Ricinus communis
  • Swedish: ricin — Ricinus communis
  • Tagalog: lansina — Ricinus communis
  • Tagalog: tangantangan — Ricinus communis
  • Tamil: விளக்கெண்ணெய் செடி (viḷakkeṇṇey ceṭi) — Ricinus communis
  • Tamil: ஆமணக்கு (āmaṇakku) — Ricinus communis
  • Tamil: ஆமண்டம் (āmaṇṭam) — Ricinus communis
  • Thai: ละหุ่ง (lá-hùng) — Ricinus communis
  • Tocharian B: irand — Ricinus communis
  • Turkish: Hint yağı ağacı — Ricinus communis
  • Turkish: kene otu — Ricinus communis
  • Turkish: kene ağacı — Ricinus communis
  • Turkish: Hint baklası — Ricinus communis
  • Vaghri: એરડો (eraḍo) — Ricinus communis
  • Vietnamese: thầu dầu — Ricinus communis