Definition of ergots Ergots

/ɚˈgʌts/ - [erguts] -

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What does ergots mean?

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Noun Plural: ergots
ergot - 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
		Claviceps purpurea
		fungus an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
		claviceps, genus claviceps fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
ergot - a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus

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ergot (Noun)
Any fungus in the genus which are parasitic on grasses.
ergot (Noun)
The sclerotium wintering stage of certain fungi in the genus Claviceps, appearing as a deformed grain in certain cereals and grasses infected by the fungi.

ergot (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.
ergot (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.
ergot (n.)
A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.
ergot (n.)
See 2d Calcar, 3 (b).

ergot
A fungus of the genus Claviceps which grows on rye and similar plants.

ergot
ėr′got, n. a disease, consisting of a parasitical fungus, found on the seed of certain plants, esp. rye and some other grasses.—ns. Er′gotine, the active principle of ergot of rye; Er′gotism, poisoning caused by eating bread made of rye diseased with ergot; Ergotisā′tion.—v.t. Er′gotise. [Fr.]