ERGOTS

Noun

ergots

plural of ergot

Anagrams

• Grotes, Roget's, Rogets, Tregos, ergost, gestor, groset, storge

Source: Wiktionary


ERGOT

Er"got, n. Etym: [F. ergot, argot, lit., a spur.]

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. (Far.)

Definition: A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.

4. (Anat.)

Definition: See 2d Calcar, 3 (b).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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