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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Toxin \Tox"in\, Toxine \Tox"ine\, n. [Gr. toxiko`n. See Toxic. ] A poisonous product formed by an organism, such as a pathogenic bacterium, a plant or an animal, usually having a high molecular weight, often a protein or a polysaccharide, but occasionally a low-molecular weight agent such as tetrodotoxin.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

toxin n 1: a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species