Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) A solid crystalline substance, C5H13NO2, found in the toadstool (
Agaricus muscarius ), and in putrid fish. It is a typical ptomaine, and a violent poison.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
muscarine .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word muscarin.
Examples
-
Here it is growing on the same spot as the edible sorts, fed by the same soil, given sun and rain from heaven the same as they; rich and strong it is, and good to eat, save, only, that it is full of impertinent muscarin.
-
When the action of the heart is laboured and feeble through lack of nervous power, muscarin, or the tincture of Fly
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
-
Yet there could be no doubt that it was the poisonous muscarin that had affected
The Treasure-Train 1908
-
Later it was named muscarin, and now is sometimes known as amanitin, since it is confined to the mushrooms of the Amanita genus.
The Treasure-Train 1908
-
Here it is growing on the same spot as the edible sorts, fed by the same soil, given sun and rain from heaven the same as they; rich and strong it is, and good to eat, save, only, that it is full of impertinent muscarin.
Wanderers Knut Hamsun 1905
-
"No; this was a case of the deliberate use of the active principle itself, muscarin -- with the expectation that the death, if the cause was ever discovered, could easily be blamed on such a mushroom.
The Treasure-Train 1908
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.