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- German · borrowed fromPsilocybin
- English todaypsilocybin
Borrowed from German Psilocybin (coined by Albert Hofmann), from translingual Psilocybe (“genus of mushroom”) + -in.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
psilocybin
Today it means: A hallucinogenic alkaloid, C₁₂H₁₅N₂O·H₂PO₃, present in several species of Central American mushroom and producing effects similar to LSD. The prodrug of psilocin. Full definition →
German Psilocybin