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RICINUS
(
La
)
Castor Oil(
Le
)
Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
ricinus, = a tick, tike. (Latin name for the castor oil plant, also ‘tick’: = resemblance of the seed)
(
ld
,
Le
)
Ricinus communis (alien and naturalised)
(
La
)
Location: (
P
)
communis, commune, = shared together, common to serveral or to all, common, general, universal; that which is common. (occurring in plenty, ordinary).
(
ld
,
BL
)