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Meaning of word ergot from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

ergot noun

Meaning : A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus.

Meaning : 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

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