ergot

Noun

a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid

synonym

Claviceps purpurea
derivation

ergotic
holo member

Claviceps genus Claviceps
hypernym

fungus
hyponym

rye ergot
a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus

hypernym

plant disease

ergot vs Claviceps purpurea ergot vs ergotic ergot vs fungus ergot vs plant disease ergot vs rye ergot

Other words that start with: “E”, “ER”, “ERG”, “ERGO” or end with: “T”, “OT”, “GOT”, “RGOT”.

Other nouns that start with: “E”, “ER”, “ERG”, “ERGO” or end with: “T”, “OT”, “GOT”, “RGOT”.

Words unscrambled from / built with letters: “ERGOT”.

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