Strong's Concordance

Original word: קִיקָיוֹן
Transliteration: qiqayon
Definition (short): plant
Definition (full): (a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: of uncertain derivation
Definition: (a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant
NASB Translation: plant (5).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Perhaps from qayah; the gourd (as nauseous) -- gourd.

see HEBREW qayah

KJV: And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
NASB: So the LORD God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant.
KJV: But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
NASB: But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered.
KJV: And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
NASB: Then God said to Jonah, "Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?" And he said, "I have good reason to be angry, even to death."
KJV: Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
NASB: Then the LORD said, "You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight.