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1. (esp of plants) superficially resembling the species specified
2. Music
a. (of a note, interval, etc.) out of tune
b. (of the interval of a perfect fourth or fifth) decreased by a semitone
c. (of a cadence) interrupted or imperfect

FALSE - A small, compiled extensible language with lambda abstractions by W. van Oortmerssen.

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Well, Mr and Mrs Shaw from Honley have a Fatsia japonica in their garden and its common name is the false castor oil plant purely and simply because its foliage resembles that of the true castor oil plant.
An obvious example of a standard architectural plant is the very large-leaved Fatsia japonica, the false castor oil plant or Japanese Aralia.
 
 
 
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