Ergot

nounid 53422·updated May 18, 2026
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a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant

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Ergots
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Ergot's
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Ergots'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant
§2
a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus

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