Crossword-Solution: RICINUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ricinus | n. | 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. |
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| CASTOR plant | 2 answers |
| CASTOR-oil plant | 2 answers |
| genus of plants | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the
sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the
daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.
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Sentences with RICINUS (5)
Ricinus Borboniensis (Euphorbiaceae).—Seeds were purchased under the above name—probably a variety of the common castor-oil plant.
Here tobacco, orchilla, and indigo in the higher, and sugar-cane, rice, and ricinus on the lower lands flourish to perfection.
The DRUPA RICINUS (so specifically called because of resemblance to the prickly seeds of the castor-oil plant) has another feature almost unique--two ivory-white projections in the mouth, singularly like a baby's teeth.
Silk, woven and spun, was tried; unfortunately, the worms were fed on _tartago_ (a _ricinus_), instead of the plentiful red and white mulberries.
Examples of half-hardy annuals are: China aster, alonsoa, balsam, petunia, ricinus, stocks, balloon-vine, martynia, salpiglossis, thunbergia, nasturtium, verbena.