palma-christi
The verdict
“palma-christi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ricin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-palma-christi · palma-christi · French
palma-christi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palma-christi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
palma-christi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ricin.".
Zero misspellings are on record for palma-christi in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is palma-christi, spelled P-A-L-M-A---C-H-R-I-S-T-I.
Definition
- 1Ricin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how palma-christi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La veille du jour où je dois administrer la décoction ténifuge, dit M. Bourgeoise, je fais prendre au malade, le matin ou même le soir, une once et demie à deux onces d'huile de palma-christi avec parties égales de sirop de limon.
Outre les palmiers déjà cités et la graine du ricin, mamona ou palma-christi (Ricinus communis), on tire encore de l’huile de l’amande du andiroba (Carapa guyanensis), un bel arbre des forets du fleuve Amazone et du Tocantins.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.