Palmcrist \Palm"crist\, n. The palma Christi. (--Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note.) [1913 Webster]
Palma Christi \Pal"ma Chris"ti\ [L., palm of Christ.] (Bot.) A plant ({Ricinus communis}) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also {castor-oil plant}. [Sometimes corrupted into {palmcrist}.] [1913 Webster]