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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A vegetable toxin, such as abrin, ricin, crotin, etc.

Wiktionary

  1. n. biochemistry Any toxic substance produced by a plant

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin

Examples

  • “Years later I learned that CuCl is a known phytotoxin and is used to control algae blooms in waterways and to kill roots in drain pipes.”

    Behold the Young Knurd

  • “Abrin is a phytotoxin, like ricin only considerably more poisonous, if taken through the skin.”

    Simon & Schuster: Day of the Dandelion

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  1. toxin

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  1. mycotoxin
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