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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024er•got (ûr′gət, -got),USA pronunciation n. - [Plant Pathol.]
- Plant Diseasesa disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, esp. C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
- Plant Diseasesthe sclerotial body itself.
- Drugs[Pharm.]the dried sclerotium of C. purpurea, developed on rye plants: used in the production of ergotamine and ergotoxine.
- French: literally, a rooster's spur; Old French argos, argoz, argot spur(s)
- 1675–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ergot /ˈɜːɡət -ɡɒt/ n - a disease of cereals and other grasses caused by ascomycete fungi of the genus Claviceps, esp C. purpurea, in which the seeds or grain of the plants are replaced by the spore-containing bodies (sclerotia) of the fungus
- any fungus causing this disease
- the dried sclerotia of C. purpurea, used as the source of certain alkaloids used to treat haemorrhage, facilitate uterine contraction in childbirth, etc
Etymology: 17th Century: from French: spur (of a cock), of unknown origin |