ricinoleic acid
ricinoleic acid

Ricinus


Definition: Meaning of, Ricinus in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / /

  • noun
  • synonym
  • antonym
Word Forms:
Singular Plural
N/A N/A
  1. a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant
    SYNONYM
    genus Ricinus
    ANTONYM
    Not found!
synonym
antonym

Ricinus used in phrases

  • Ixodes ricinus (noun)
    1. acute viral disease of the nervous system parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep ; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
  • Ricinus communis (noun)
    1. large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
  • genus Ricinus (noun)
    1. a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant
  • More

most searched words

word of the day

Fermi
Pronunciation:
Parts of Speech: noun
1901-1954 in the United States after 1939 italian nuclear physicist who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction
Ricinus communis