phytotoxin

Noun
  1. Any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin (synset 115061205)
    is a type of: toxin - a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species
    subtypes:
    • nicotine - an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide
    • strychnine - an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant
    • brucine - a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica
    • hemlock - poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
    • mycotoxin - a toxin produced by a fungus
    • curare, tubocurarine - a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles
    same as: plant toxin

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