See Also: Ricinus(medicine)
ricinus(dictionary)
Ixodes ricinus(medicine)
Ricinus communis agglutinin(medicine)

AL (oh) and Ricinus (medicine)


AL (oh)



written abbreviation for Alabama

Ricinus (medicine)


ricinus
<botany> 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.

Origin: L, the castor-oil plant.

Source: Websters Dictionary