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muscimole

muscimole is the alternative form of muscimol.

Meaning of muscimol

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

Questions about muscimole

What is muscimole the alternative form of?
Muscimole is the alternative form of muscimol.

Words near muscimole in the dictionary

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

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