Home › Words › R › ranunculinranunculinranunculin means an unstable glucoside found in plants of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). On maceration, it is enzymatically broken down into glucose and the toxin protoanemonin.EtymologyFrom the intermediary English ranunculus or directly from translingual Ranunculus, from Latin rānunculus (“small frog”) + -in (“chemical compound”).nounAn unstable glucoside found in plants of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). On maceration, it is enzymatically broken down into glucose and the toxin protoanemonin.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.protoanemonin 72% match — A toxin found in all plants of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), produced by an enzymatic process from the glucoside ranunculin. vs ranunculin →ranunculol 71% match — protoanemonin vs ranunculin →ranunculus 70% match — Any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot. vs ranunculin →buttercup 59% match — Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot. vs ranunculin →linamarin 57% match — A cyanogenic glucoside found in the leaves and roots of plants such as cassava, lima beans, and flax, capable of decomposing to toxic hydrogen cyanide in the human intestine. vs ranunculin →coronillin 56% match — A poisonous glucoside found in Coronilla. vs ranunculin →rugulosin 56% match — Any of a group of toxins produced by Penicillia. vs ranunculin →anemonol 54% match — protoanemonin vs ranunculin →