ERGOTIC

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Relating to or produced by ergot

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

ergot (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)

Derivation:

ergot (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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