Category:Palma christi

Pal"ma chris"ti. Etym: [l., palm of christ.] (bot.)

Defn: a plant (ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and Palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, And cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- Called also castor-oil plant. [sometimes corrupted into palmcrist.]