ergot
6 points
English
5 letters
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Definitions
noun
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
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Pronunciation
/ˈɝːɡʌt/ · 2 syllables · CMUdict (BSD-3-Clause)
Word forms
plural ergots
Forms from WordNet 3.1 morphology — every form attested in the dictionary.
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