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ricinic

ricinic adjective: pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil.

Adjective

ricinic (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil.
    • ricinic poisoning

Origin of ricinic

Latin ricinus (“castor-oil plant”).

Words formed from ricinic

Words that rhyme with ricinic

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Questions about ricinic

What does ricinic mean?
Ricinic means pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil.
What part of speech is ricinic?
Ricinic is an adjective.

Words near ricinic in the dictionary

  1. ricinelaidic acid
  2. ricinelaidin
  3. ricing
  4. ricing out
  5. ricinia
  6. ricinic
  7. ricinic acid
  8. ricinine
  9. ricininic acid
  10. ricinism
  11. ricinium

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