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abrin

abrin

English

Noun

abrin (uncountable)

  1. A toxin akin to ricin found in jequirity beans, Abrus precatorius. [First attested in the late 19th century.][1]

References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 8

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