different between psilocin vs psilocybin

English

Etymology

????? +? -in.From translingual Psilocybe, from Ancient Greek ????? (psilós, “smooth”)

Noun

psilocin (uncountable)

1. 4-hydroxy-dimethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic alkaloid found in most psychedelic mushrooms.

Related terms

• psilocybin

Anagrams

• cipolins, picolins

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Psilocybin (coined by Albert Hofmann), from translingual Psilocybe (“genus of mushroom”) +? -in.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??.l?(?)?s??.b?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sa?.l??sa?.b?n/

Noun

psilocybin (countable and uncountable, plural psilocybins)

1. (biochemistry) A hallucinogenic alkaloid, C₁₂H₁₅N₂O·H₂PO₃, present in several species of Central American mushroom and producing effects similar to LSD. The prodrug of psilocin.

Related terms

• psilocin
• Psilocybe semilanceata

See also

• magic mushroom

References

• “psilocybin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “psilocybin”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).