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ergot

Length / number of characters: 5
Number of words: 1

  • a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant
  • a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
  • A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea
  • The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding
  • A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint

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