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ricine

ricine is the dated form of ricin.

Meaning of ricin

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

Questions about ricine

What is ricine the dated form of?
Ricine is the dated form of ricin.

Words near ricine in the dictionary

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

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