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ergot
1: the black or dark purple sclerotium of fungi (genus Claviceps) that occurs as a club-shaped body replacing the seed of a grass (as rye)
; also : a fungus bearing ergots2: a disease of rye and other cereals caused by an ergot fungus3 a: the dried sclerotia of an ergot fungus grown on rye and containing several alkaloids (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)
— er·got·ic
\(ˌ)ər-ˈgä-tik\
adjective
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