Ergot — synonyms, definition

1. ergot (Noun)

1 synonym
Claviceps purpurea
2 definitions

ergot (Noun) — A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus.

ergot (Noun) — 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.

2 types of
fungus plant disease
1 type
rye ergot
2 parts of
Claviceps genus Claviceps
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