English Explanatory Dictionary

kikayon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant mentioned in the Book of Jonah, where it provides shade; possibly a gourd or a castor bean/castor oil plant.

Word forms

kikayon kikayons

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew קִיקָיוֹן (kikayón).

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