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Ergot Definition & Meaning

ergot
noun
  1. a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
  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

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What does ergot mean?
a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus 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
What part of speech is ergot?
Ergot is a noun.
How many definitions does ergot have?
Ergot has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).

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