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bufotenine
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bu·fo·ten·ine  (byf-tnn, -n) or bu·fo·ten·in (-n)
n.
A poisonous hallucinogenic alkaloid, C12H16N2O, obtained from the skin glands of toads of the genus Bufo or from some mushrooms.

[French bufoténine : Latin bf, toad + probably Latin tenre, to hold (because of its paralyzing effect); see ten- in Indo-European roots + French -ine, -ine; see -ine2.]


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