noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any toxic substance produced by a plant.
2. 2
   any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin wordnet
3. 3
   Any substance that is toxic to a plant.

Synonyms

All synonyms

plant toxindefense toxinphytotoxic compoundplant defense metabolitetoxin

Antonyms

All antonyms

benign compoundbenign metabolitenontoxin

Etymology

From phyto- + toxin.