mus|ca|rine

mus|ca|rine
mus|ca|rine «MUHS kuh reen, -kuhr ihn», noun.
a very poisonous alkaloid present in the fly agaric and other mushrooms, and in decaying fish.
[< Latin muscārius of the flies (< musca a fly) + English -ine1]

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