abrin

English

Etymology

From translingual Abrus (genus of the species source of the bean) +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.bɹən/, /ˈæ.bɹən/, /ˈeɪ.bɹɪn/, /ˈæ.bɹɪn/

Noun

abrin (countable and uncountable, plural abrins)

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

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References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrin”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.

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