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phytotoxin
phytotoxin (ˌfaɪtəʊˈtɒksɪn) n (Chemistry) a toxin, such as strychnine, that is produced by a plant. Compare zootoxin ˌphytoˈtoxic adjThesaurus| Noun | 1. | phytotoxin - any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxinplant toxinnicotine - an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticidestrychnine - an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulantbrucine - a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomicahemlock - poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"toxin - a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal speciesmycotoxin - a toxin produced by a funguscurare, tubocurarine - a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles; "curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction" |
phytotoxin
phytotoxin[¦fīd·ə′täk·sən] (biochemistry) A substance toxic to plants. A toxin produced by plants. phytotoxin
phytotoxin [fi´to-tok″sin] an exotoxin produced by certain species of higher plants; any toxin of plant origin.phy·to·tox·in (fī'tō-tok'sin), A toxic substance of plant origin. Synonym(s): plant toxin [phyto- + G. toxikon, poison] phy·to·tox·in (fī'tō-tok'sin) Any toxin produced by a plant. [phyto- + G. toxikon, poison]phytotoxin
Synonyms for phytotoxinnoun any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxinSynonymsRelated Words- nicotine
- strychnine
- brucine
- hemlock
- toxin
- mycotoxin
- curare
- tubocurarine
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