ricin

From Latin ricinus.

• Rhymes: -aɪsɪn, -aɪsən
• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪsɪn/

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ricin (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry, toxicology) An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.
   • 2021 January 24, Donald G. McNeil Jr, “Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     It had to be one of three things: A hoax. Or anthrax, which meant I’d have to go on Cipro for a month. Or if it was ricin, I was dead, so bye-bye.

• ricin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Latin ricinus.

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ricin m (plural ricins)

1. castor oil plant
2. a tick of the species Ixodes ricinus

• “ricin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Latin ricinus or German Rizinus.

ricin m (plural ricini)

1. castor oil plant