蓖ひ麻まひまMeanings1nouncastor oil plantRefers to the plant Ricinus communis, the source of castor oil. The kanji 蓖麻 is technical and rarely seen; the word is usually written in kana.ひまの種しゅ子しからひまし油ゆが採とれる。Castor oil is extracted from the seeds of the castor oil plant.