magic mushroom
noun
a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
magic mushrooms
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pluralof magic mushroom.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But the mushrooms used in coffees, like lion's mane, are a different species to magic mushrooms and aren't psychoactive.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
At times, “Yellowjackets” seems to suggest that what the teens are experiencing in the woods is a combination of preexisting mental health issues, stress, starvation, dehydration and Misty’s Trapper Keeper full of magic mushrooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
“Fantastic Fungi” spends plenty of time on the potential of seemingly magic mushrooms, and can wax a bit too aggressively about fungi’s future.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021
I know, Mario Kart isn’t magic mushrooms or the Mona Lisa, but it is probably the closest thing that video games have to a universally beloved experience.
From The Verge ● Jul. 19, 2017
But as a painter he is fatuous, and his watercolors, full of Donald Ducks and magic mushrooms, would have looked dumb on Haight-Ashbury 15 years ago, let alone in New York today.
From Time Magazine Archive
