ricin

ricin

English

Etymology

From Latin ricinus.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

ricin (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry, toxicology) An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.
   • 2021 January 24, Donald G. McNeil Jr, “Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     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.

Translations

poison

Armenian: ռիցին (ṙicʿin) Chinese: Mandarin: 蓖麻毒素 (zh) (bìmá dúsù) Finnish: risiinimyrkky, risiini (fi) French: ricine (fr) f German: Rizin (de) n Italian: ricina f Japanese: リシン (rishin) Polish: rycyna f Romanian: ricină (ro) f Russian: рици́н (ru) m (ricín) Spanish: ricino (es) Arabic: رِيْسِيْن‎ (riysiyn) Turkish: risin

Further reading

• ricin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

Latin ricinus

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

ricin m (plural ricins)

1. castor oil plant
2. a tick of the species Ixodes ricinus

Derived terms

• ricin commun

 

Related terms

• ricine

 

Further reading

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin ricinus or German Rizinus.

Noun

ricin m (plural ricini)

1. castor oil plant

Declension

Declension of ricin

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ricin	ricinul	(niște) ricini	ricinii
genitive/dative	(unui) ricin	ricinului	(unor) ricini	ricinilor
vocative	ricinule		ricinilor