| NOUN | state | ergot | a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus |
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| plant | ergot, Claviceps purpurea | a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant |
| Sounds | er'gaht | |
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| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| Meaning | A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus. | |
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| Broader | plant disease | A disease that affects plants |
| Spanish | carnezuelo | |
| Catalan | banya de sègol, sègol banyut | |
| 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. | |
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| Synonym | Claviceps purpurea | |
| Member of | Claviceps, genus Claviceps | fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses |
| Narrower | rye ergot | A sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium |
| Broader | fungus | An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter |
| Spanish | claviceps purpurea, cornezuelo | |
| Catalan | claviceps purpurea | |
| Adjectives | ergotic | relating to or produced by ergot |
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