ricin
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ricin (uncountable)
- (biochemistry, toxicology) An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.
Translations[edit]
poison
|
Further reading[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio: (file)
Noun[edit]
ricin m (plural ricins)
- castor oil plant
- a tick of the species Ixodes ricinus
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ricin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ricinus or German Rizinus.
Noun[edit]
ricin m (plural ricini)
Declension[edit]
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- Rhymes:English/aɪsɪn
- Rhymes:English/aɪsɪn/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/aɪsən
- Rhymes:English/aɪsən/2 syllables
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Proteins
- en:Poisons
- English terms with quotations
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Animals
- fr:Spurges
- Romanian terms borrowed from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms borrowed from German
- Romanian terms derived from German
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns