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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…

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Word length
5
Starts with
E
Ends with
T
Contains
RG
Scrabble score
6

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ˈɜːɡət

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noun

  1. 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

noun

  1. A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus

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