Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vegetable toxin, such as abrin, ricin, crotin, etc.
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- noun biochemistry Any
toxic substance produced by aplant
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- noun any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin
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Examples
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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.
Archive 2007-03-01 James Killus 2007
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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 James Killus 2007
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Abrin is a phytotoxin, like ricin only considerably more poisonous, if taken through the skin.
Day of the Dandelion Peter Pringle 2007
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