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  1. tall, tropical and subtropical shrub Ricinus
  2. communis of the spurge family Euphorbiaceae.
  3. The seeds, in North America called castor
  4. beans, yield the purgative castor oil and
  5. also ricin, one of the most powerful poisons
  6. known, which can be targeted to destroy
  7. cancer cells, while leaving normal cells
  8. untouched.
  9.