Noun ergot has 2 senses
  1. ergot - a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
    --1 is a kind of
    plant disease
  2. ergot, Claviceps purpurea - 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
    --2 is a kind of fungus
    --2 is a member of Claviceps, genus Claviceps
    --2 has particulars: rye ergot
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