ricin toxin

1. 1.

   a toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon

   “one milligram of ricin can kill an adult”

   Synonymsricin

   Broaderalbumintoxin

Questions about ricin toxin

What does ricin toxin mean?

ricin toxin means "a toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon".

What is another word for ricin toxin?

Close synonyms include ricin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ricin toxin a common word?

ricin toxin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.