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Definitions of ergot word

noun ergot A fungal disease of rye and other cereals in which black, elongated, fruiting bodies grow in the ears of the cereal. Eating contaminated food can result in ergotism. 1
noun ergot a disease of cereals and other grasses caused by ascomycete fungi of the genus Claviceps, esp C. purpurea, in which the seeds or grain of the plants are replaced by the spore-containing bodies (sclerotia) of the fungus 0
noun ergot any fungus causing this disease 0
noun ergot the dried sclerotia of C. purpurea, used as the source of certain alkaloids used to treat haemorrhage, facilitate uterine contraction in childbirth, etc 0
noun ergot the hard, reddish-brown or black, grainlike masses (sclerotia) of certain parasitic fungi (esp. genus Claviceps) that replace the kernels of rye or other cereal plants 0
noun ergot the disease in which this occurs; specif., the disease of rye caused by a species (Claviceps purpurea) of this fungus 0

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