A.tick, Ixodes ricinus, Arist.HA552a15, Agatharch.58, Dsc.1.77, Plu.2.55e: prov., “ὑγιέστερος κροτῶνος” Men.318 (but Str.6.1.12 has Κρότωνος).
II. castor-oil tree, Ricinus communis (cf.κίκι), Hp.Mul.2.201, Thphr.HP1.10.1, 3.18.7, PRev.Laws39.3, al. (iii B. C.), etc.