ergot – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
ergot
n.
disease of cereal grasses in which fungal growths replace healthy grains
Ergot
Ergot (pron. ) or
ergot fungi refers to a group of
fungi of the genus
Claviceps.
ergot
Noun
1. a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
(hypernym) plant disease
2. 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
(synonym) Claviceps purpurea
(hypernym) fungus
(hyponym) rye ergot
(member-holonym) Claviceps, genus Claviceps
ergot
nm.
spur, ergot, lug
Ergot
(n.)
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.
(n.)
See 2d Calcar, 3 (b).
(n.)
A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
