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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A hallucinogenic compound, C12H17N2O4P, obtained from the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.

Wiktionary

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

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom

Etymologies

  1. After German Psilocybin (coined by Albert Hofmann), from modern Latin psilocybe, from Greek ψιλός ‘smooth’ + κύβη ‘head’. (Wiktionary)
  2. New Latin Psīlocybē, mushroom genus (Greek psīlos, bare + Greek kubē, head) + -in. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • ricanlady I found this word in an aritcle titled "Magic mushrooms may ease anxiety of cancer: study" by Julie Steenhuysen. The sentence in which it was used was "Cancer patients given a moderate dose of psilocybin -- a hallucinogen with effects similar to LSD -- were measurably less depressed six months after a single dose compared with a placebo." Sep 7, 2010

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