HyperDic: rye_ergot

English > 1 sense of the expression rye ergot:
NOUNplantrye ergota sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium
English > rye ergot: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium.
Broaderergot, Claviceps purpureaA fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant
Spanishcornezuelo del centeno

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