psilocybin
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psilocybin
- /ˌsɪ.ləˈsaɪ.bɪn/ US
- /ˌsaɪ-/ US
- /ˌsʌɪ.lə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪ.bɪn/ UK
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Borrowed from German Psilocybin (coined by Albert Hofmann), from translingual Psilocybe (“genus of mushroom”) + -in.
noun psilocybins
- A hallucinogenic alkaloid, C₁₂H₁₅N₂O·H₂PO₃, present in several species of Central American mushroom and producing effects similar to LSD. The prodrug of psilocin. The problem of the mushroom supply was solved straight away when Leary learned from a graduate student named George Litwin that a chemist at the Sandoz Corporation, Dr. Albert Hofmann, had recently synthesized the psychoactive molecule of the mushroom, calling it psilocybin.
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noun hallucinogenic alkaloid
| Español | psilocibina |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 裸蓋菇素 /裸盖菇素 |
| Français | psilocybine |
| Italiano | psilocibina |
| Русский | псилоциби́н psilocibín |
Talk about this word "psilocybin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/psilocybin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. psilocybin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/psilocybin "psilocybin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/psilocybin.Cite this
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title = {psilocybin},
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