'Palmcrist' definitions:

Definition of 'Palmcrist'

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  • Palmcrist \Palm"crist\, n. The palma Christi. (--Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note.) [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'palmcrist'

From: GCIDE
  • Palma Christi \Pal"ma Chris"ti\ [L., palm of Christ.] (Bot.) A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant. [Sometimes corrupted into palmcrist.] [1913 Webster]