ergot | ||
1. | [ noun ] (medicine) a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus | |
Related terms: | plant_disease | |
2. | [ noun ] (botany) 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 | |
Synonyms: | Claviceps_purpurea | |
Related terms: | fungus rye_ergot Claviceps | |
Similar spelling: |
ergotic ergotism erst eruct erect ersatz eristic ergodic erectly |