Muscarine

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From the fungus Amanita muscaria, from Latin musca (“fly”).

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fly agaric

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