physic nut

English

Alternative forms

• physick-nut, physick nut, physic-nut

Noun

physic nut (plural physic nuts)

1. A small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha curcas) with poisonous seeds, cultivated to produce biodiesel fuel.

Synonyms

• Barbados nut, purging nut

Translations

small tree

Burmese: သင်္ဘောကြက်ဆူ (sangbhau:krakhcu) Finnish: öljyjatropa French: pourghère (fr) m Fula: magaleehi, kolakolaahi Japanese: ナンヨウアブラギリ (nan'yō-aburagiri) Ngazidja Comorian: mri-mzungu class 3/4 North Mofu: háhàw Spanish: piñón de tempate, jatrofa Telugu: అడవి ఆముదము చెట్టు (aḍavi āmudamu ceṭṭu) Turkish: kürkas (tr), Hint fıstığı (tr)

Further reading

• Jatropha curcas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia