ergot

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noun

1. a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
• Hypernyms:
plant disease
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
• Syn:
Claviceps purpurea
• Derivationally related forms:
ergotic
• Hypernyms:
fungus
• Hyponyms:
rye ergot
• Member Holonyms:
Claviceps, genus Claviceps