
Jat·ro·pha
n : a widely distributed mainly tropical American genus of herbs, shrubs, and trees (family Euphorbiaceae) which usu. have lobed leaves and inconspicuous cymose flowers and of which a number including the physic nut (J. curcas) yield oils of medicinal value .
        
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