ergot

noun

er·got ˈər-gət How to pronounce ergot (audio)

-ˌgät

: the black or dark purple sclerotium of fungi (genus Claviceps) that occurs as a club-shaped body replacing the seed of a grass (such as rye)

also : a fungus bearing ergots

: a disease of rye and other cereals caused by an ergot fungus

: the dried sclerotia of an ergot fungus grown on rye and containing several alkaloids (such as ergonovine and ergotamine)

: any of such alkaloids used medicinally for their contractile effect on smooth muscle (as of the uterus and or blood vessels)

ergotic

(ˌ)ər-ˈgä-tik How to pronounce ergot (audio)

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Jackson sent a prescription for ergot and rye, a potion used at the time to induce miscarriages, to her home in Greencastle, Indiana, about 150 miles northwest of Louisville.

Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2022 Further, the author notes a weather period at the time that would have been conducive to the production of a lot of ergot on rye grown in the area’s lowlands.

Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 Further, the author notes a weather period at the time that would have been conducive to the production of a lot of ergot on rye grown in the area’s lowlands.

Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, "spur on a rooster, a similar growth on another bird or mammal, fungal sclerotium resembling a rooster's spur," earlier also argot, going back to Old French argoz (subject case) "spur of a bird or animal," derivative from a Gallo-Romance base *arg- "spine, spiny or thorny plant," probably from a pre-Latin substratal language

Note: For a list and discussion of Romance dialect words based on *arg- see Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, vol. 25, pp. 182-88.

First Known Use

1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

ergot

noun

er·got ˈər-gət How to pronounce ergot (audio)

-ˌgät

: the black or dark purple sclerotium of fungi of the genus Claviceps that occurs as a club-shaped body which replaces the seed of various grasses (as rye)

: any fungus of the genus Claviceps

: a disease of rye and other cereals caused by fungi of the genus Claviceps and characterized by the presence of ergots in the seed heads compare ergotism

: the dried sclerotial bodies of an ergot fungus grown on rye and containing several ergot alkaloids

: ergot alkaloid

单词	ergot
释义	ergot noun er·got ˈər-gət -ˌgät 1 : the black or dark purple sclerotium of fungi (genus Claviceps) that occurs as a club-shaped body replacing the seed of a grass (such as rye) also : a fungus bearing ergots 2 : a disease of rye and other cereals caused by an ergot fungus 3 a : the dried sclerotia of an ergot fungus grown on rye and containing several alkaloids (such as ergonovine and ergotamine) b : any of such alkaloids used medicinally for their contractile effect on smooth muscle (as of the uterus and or blood vessels) ergotic (ˌ)ər-ˈgä-tik adjective Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Jackson sent a prescription for ergot and rye, a potion used at the time to induce miscarriages, to her home in Greencastle, Indiana, about 150 miles northwest of Louisville. Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2022 Further, the author notes a weather period at the time that would have been conducive to the production of a lot of ergot on rye grown in the area’s lowlands. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 Further, the author notes a weather period at the time that would have been conducive to the production of a lot of ergot on rye grown in the area’s lowlands. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 Further, the author notes a weather period at the time that would have been conducive to the production of a lot of ergot on rye grown in the area’s lowlands. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 Further, the author notes a weather period at the time that would have been conducive to the production of a lot of ergot on rye grown in the area’s lowlands. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 Further, the author notes a weather period at the time that would have been conducive to the production of a lot of ergot on rye grown in the area’s lowlands. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 Further, the author notes a weather period at the time that would have been conducive to the production of a lot of ergot on rye grown in the area’s lowlands. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 Further, the author notes a weather period at the time that would have been conducive to the production of a lot of ergot on rye grown in the area’s lowlands. Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from French, "spur on a rooster, a similar growth on another bird or mammal, fungal sclerotium resembling a rooster's spur," earlier also argot, going back to Old French argoz (subject case) "spur of a bird or animal," derivative from a Gallo-Romance base arg- "spine, spiny or thorny plant," probably from a pre-Latin substratal language Note: For a list and discussion of Romance dialect words based on arg- see Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, vol. 25, pp. 182-88. First Known Use 1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Medical Definition ergot noun er·got ˈər-gət -ˌgät 1 a : the black or dark purple sclerotium of fungi of the genus Claviceps that occurs as a club-shaped body which replaces the seed of various grasses (as rye) b : any fungus of the genus Claviceps 2 : a disease of rye and other cereals caused by fungi of the genus Claviceps and characterized by the presence of ergots in the seed heads compare ergotism 3 a : the dried sclerotial bodies of an ergot fungus grown on rye and containing several ergot alkaloids b : ergot alkaloid
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