psilocybin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A hallucinogenic alkaloid, C₁₂H₁₅N₂O·H₂PO₃, present in several species of Central American mushroom and producing effects similar to LSD. The prodrug of psilocin.

/ˌsɪ.ləˈsaɪ.bɪn/ /ˌsaɪ-/ Psilocybin.wav /ˌsʌɪ.lə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪ.bɪn/

psilocybin psilocybins

Borrowed from German Psilocybin (coined by Albert Hofmann), from translingual Psilocybe (“genus of mushroom”) + -in.

psilocin Psilocybe semilanceata magic mushroom

psilocybin mushroom

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