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abrin
abrin
English
Noun
abrin (uncountable)
- A toxin akin to ricin found in jequirity beans, Abrus precatorius. [First attested in the late 19th century.][1]
References
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 8