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castor-oil plant vs shrub

shrub vs castor-oil plant

castor-oil plant and shrub both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
castor-oil plant Yes No No No
shrub Yes No No No
As nouns, shrub is a hypernym of castor-oil plant; that is, shrub is a word with a broader meaning than castor-oil plant:
  • castor-oil plant: large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
  • shrub: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Other hypernyms of castor-oil plant include bush.
castor-oil plant (noun) shrub (noun)
large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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