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Ergot
/ˈərgət/
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Ergot
noun
1.
A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus.
2.
A fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid.
Synonym:
Claviceps purpurea
.
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Words linked to "Ergot" :
plant disease
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Claviceps
,
fungus
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Claviceps purpurea
,
genus Claviceps
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