abrin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From translingual Abrus (genus of the species source of the bean) + -in.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abrin (countable and uncountable, plural abrins)
- A toxin, akin to ricin, found in jequirity beans (Abrus precatorius). [First attested in the late 19th century.][1]
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References[edit]
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrin”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.