ˈcastor-bean U.S.
[See castor oil.]
The castor-oil bean. Cf. castor oil b.
| 1819 Baltimore Morn. Chron. 23 Apr. 4/5 Physical herb seed..palma christi or castor bean. 1835 J. Martin Gaz. Virginia 250 There is here [sc. Northampton, Va.] an article of culture which is not much met with in other parts of the state—it is the palma christi, called castor bean. 1865 Trans. Ill. Agric. Soc. 1862 V. 508 The cotton plant in its habits of growth is similar to the castor bean. 1901 C. Mohr Plant Life Alabama 56. |