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
• Spanish: piñón de tempate, jatrofa

Further reading

• Jatropha curcas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia