mus·ca·rine (mŭs'kə-rēn')
n.
A highly toxic alkaloid, C₉H₂₀NO₂, related to the cholines, derived from the red form of the mushroom Amanita muscaria and found in decaying animal tissue.

[New Latin muscāria, specific epithet (from feminine of Latin muscārius, of flies , from musca, fly) + -INE².]

muscarinic mus'ca·rin'ic (-rĭn'ĭk) adj.

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