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nouna 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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nouna plant disease caused by the ergot fungustype of:
Definition that contains ergot
- ergot a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
- ergotism poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs
- ergotic relating to or produced by ergot
- pyrenomycetes class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora
- ergotamine an alkaloid derived from ergot that is less toxic than ergot; causes constriction of blood vessels and is used to treat migraine
- ergotrate maleate an alkaloid derived from ergot (trade name Ergotrate Maleate) that is less toxic than ergot; induces muscular contraction of the uterus and is administered after childbirth or abortion
- ergotropic of or relating to ergotropism
- ergonovine an alkaloid derived from ergot (trade name Ergotrate Maleate) that is less toxic than ergot; induces muscular contraction of the uterus and is administered after childbirth or abortion
- class pyrenomycetes class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora
- lysergic acid a crystalline acid often used in medical research; obtained from ergotic alkaloids