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ricin

/ˈɹaɪsɪn/

ricin noun: an extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.

Noun

ricin (uncountable)

  1. 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 January 24, Donald G. McNeil Jr, “Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

ricin meaning in Tamil and Arabic

ricin in Tamil

இறிசின், ரிசின்

ricin in Arabic

poison
رِيْسِيْن riysiyn

Origin of ricin

Borrowed from Latin ricinus.

Words formed from ricin

Words that rhyme with ricin

Questions about ricin

What does ricin mean?
Ricin means an extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.
What is ricin in Tamil?
Ricin in Tamil is இறிசின், ரிசின். See Ricin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ricin?
Ricin is a noun.
How do you pronounce ricin?
Ricin is pronounced /ˈɹaɪsɪn/.

Words near ricin in the dictionary

  1. Richwines
  2. Richwood
  3. Richy
  4. Rician
  5. Rician fading
  6. ricin
  7. ricine
  8. ricinelaidate
  9. ricinelaidates
  10. ricinelaidic acid
  11. ricinelaidin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ricin (page history and authors); ricin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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