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RYE ERGOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rye ergot" is a kind of...):
Claviceps purpurea; 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)