English

Noun

muscimol ‎(uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A hallucinogenic alkaloid present in the fly agaric and other related fungi; 3-hydroxy-5-aminomethylisoxazole. [from 20th c.]
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 66:

     The organopsychedelic muscimole, an isoxazole-alkaloid derived from Amanita muscaria, a.k.a. the fly agaric mushroom […].