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Definition of: muscarine
(mus′kə·rēn, -rin) noun Chem.
A deliquescent, extremely poisonous, white, crystalline alkaloid, C8H13O3N, found in certain fungi, as the fly agaric, and in putrefying fish. [<NL muscarius of flies <L musca fly]
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