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ERGOTIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or produced by ergot
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
ergot (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)
Derivation:
ergot (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)
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