bufotoxin

English

Etymology

Bufo + toxin

Noun

bufotoxin (plural bufotoxins)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a family of toxic substances found in toads, other amphibians, and some plants and mushrooms.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 50:
      The substance bufotoxin is the chief extract of the toad's venom.

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