jatropha curcus

WORDNET DICTIONARY

jatropha curcus(n = noun.plant) physic nut - small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities; Array

is a member of genus jatropha, jatropha

is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree

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