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muscimol

/ˈmʌskɪmɒl/

muscimol noun: a hallucinogenic alkaloid present in the fly agaric and other related fungi; 3-hydroxy-5-aminomethylisoxazole.

Noun

muscimol (uncountable)

  1. A hallucinogenic alkaloid present in the fly agaric and other related fungi; 3-hydroxy-5-aminomethylisoxazole.
    • The organopsychedelic muscimole, an isoxazole-alkaloid derived from Amanita muscaria, a.k.a. the fly agaric mushroom […].1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 66

Origin of muscimol

From German Muscimol, from Latin musc(arius) (in Amanita muscaria) + im(ine) + -ol.

Questions about muscimol

What does muscimol mean?
Muscimol means a hallucinogenic alkaloid present in the fly agaric and other related fungi; 3-hydroxy-5-aminomethylisoxazole.
What part of speech is muscimol?
Muscimol is a noun.
How do you pronounce muscimol?
Muscimol is pronounced /ˈmʌskɪmɒl/.

Words near muscimol in the dictionary

  1. muscicolous
  2. muscid
  3. muscids
  4. musciform
  5. muscifuge
  6. muscimol
  7. muscimole
  8. muscine
  9. muscle
  10. muscle ass
  11. muscle asses

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