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ERGOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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; ergot
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ergot" is a kind of...):
fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ergot"):
rye ergot (a sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium)
Holonyms ("ergot" is a member of...):
Claviceps; genus Claviceps (fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses)
Derivation:
ergotic (relating to or produced by ergot)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ergot" is a kind of...):
plant disease (a disease that affects plants)
