ricina
Spanish, noun[riˈsina]
ricina is spelled R-I-C-I-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 138,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ricina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ricin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Una de las toxinas más letales y potentes conocidas, la cual se extrae de las semillas del ricino (Ricinus…”.
What does ricina mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Una de las toxinas más letales y potentes conocidas, la cual se extrae de las semillas del ricino (Ricinus communis); en concreto es una fitotoxina con actividad citotóxica.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ricina
- ricinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ricina?
- [riˈsina]
- [riˈθina]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ricina in Spanish?
ricina appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).