Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ricinine

Ricinine , noun

[Latin ricinus castor-oil plant.]

(Chemistry) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid (C8H8N2O2) extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communalis). Called also ricidine. Ingestion may cause vomiting and various other toxic reactions, including liver and kidney damage, convulsions, hypotension, and death.