| 单词 | cockspur rye |
| 释义 | > as lemmascockspur rye 7. The dark sclerotium of the ergot fungus Claviceps purpurea, thought to resemble the spur of a cock. Also (in full cockspur rye): rye exhibiting such sclerotia, which typically protrude from the ears of grain. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > various diseases > ergot ergot1682 spur1763 cockspur1813 ergotism1853 1740 J. Sparrow tr. B. Saviard Observ. Surg. xvi. 45 This Distemper..happens to the peasants..who eat Bread made with a certain Corn that has a Seed in the Ear of it resembling a Cock's Spurs, (and it is a common saying of those People, that they have eat Cock Spurs).] 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 541 Rainy and moist seasons in which the rye contained a large proportion of the cockspur. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 545 To collect a sufficient quantity of the cockspur rye. 1860 H. Coote in T. Holmes Syst. Surg. I. 177 The name applied to the diseased rye is ergot or cockspur rye. 1868 W. Aitken Sci. & Pract. Med. (ed. 5) I. iii. x. 824 The ergot or cockspur in rye is only apt to occur after very rainy or moist seasons. 1978 J. G. Horsfall & E. B. Cowling Plant Dis. II. ii. 18 When this purple cockspur is ground into flour along with the grain, the alkaloids are baked into the bread. 2009 Jrnl. Royal Coll. Physicians Edinb. 39 180/2 The next stage in the cycle is the development of the black sclerotium (the cockspur). < as lemmas |
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