ergot

1. n. A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea. Source: opted

2. n. The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding. Source: opted

3. n. A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint. Source: opted

4. n. See 2d Calcar, 3 (b). Source: opted

5. n. a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus Source: wordnet

6. n. 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 Source: wordnet

7. 1. A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea. 2. The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding. 3. (Far.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint. 4. (Anat.) See 2d Calcar, 3 (b). Source: webster

8. A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situatedbehind and below the pastern joint. Source: adambom

9. n. a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus n. 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 Source: ecdict

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