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- noun organic chemistry A
toxic organic compound related tolycine , found in Blighia sapida and responsible forJamaican vomiting sickness .
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Examples
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The red-skinned fruit with golden flesh produces a compound known as hypoglycin that can reach dangerous levels when it is picked too early and is not ripe.
FOXNews.com 2011
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Ackee, the national fruit of Jamaica, is tricky: when underripe, it contains hypoglycin, a violent purgative that can make you vomit until you die.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Ackee, the national fruit of Jamaica, is tricky: when underripe, it contains hypoglycin, a violent purgative that can make you vomit until you die.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Ackee, the national fruit of Jamaica, is tricky: when underripe, it contains hypoglycin, a violent purgative that can make you vomit until you die.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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