muscarine

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

muscarine (countable and uncountable, plural muscarines)

  1. (biochemistry) An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.

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French

Noun

muscarine f (plural muscarines)

  1. muscarine

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Italian

Noun

muscarine f

  1. plural of muscarina