MYCOTOXIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A toxin produced by a fungus

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("mycotoxin" is a kind of...):

phytotoxin; plant toxin (any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mycotoxin"):

aflatoxin (a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon)

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