ricin

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ricinus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ricin (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry, toxicology) An extremely toxic protein extracted from the castor bean.

Translations

poison

• Armenian: ռիցին (ṙicʻin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓖麻毒素 (zh) (bìmá dúsù)

• Finnish: risiinimyrkky, risiini (fi)
• French: ricine (fr) f
• German: Rizin (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ricina f
• Japanese: リシン (rishin)
• Polish: rycyna f
• Russian: рици́н (ru) m (ricín)
• Spanish: ricino (es)

Further reading

• ricin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ricinus

Noun

ricin m (plural ricins)

1. castor
2. A tick of the species Ixodes ricinus.

Further reading

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