ricin

Etymology

From Latin ricinus.

noun

  1. (biochemistry, toxicology) An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.
    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. 2021-01-24, Donald G. McNeil Jr, “Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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