magic mushroom


noun
  1. a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.

Origin of magic mushroom

1
First recorded in 1965–70

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British Dictionary definitions for magic mushroom

magic mushroom

noun
  1. informal any of various types of fungi that contain a hallucinogenic substance, esp Psilocybe mexicana, which contains psilocybin

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