Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
Mutterkornpilz
спорынья́sporynʹjá
(countable, uncountable)The sclerotium (wintering stage) of certain fungi in the genus Claviceps, appearing as a deformed grain in certain cereals and grasses infected by the fungi.
Mutterkorn
(countable, uncountable)The wart-like growth of skin that covers the metacarpal pad on a horse or similar animal.
- 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
- a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
Examples
1 sentencesTom is culturing ergot.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from French ergot.Borrowed from French ergot.
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Forms
plural: ergotsSynonyms
1 synonyms- 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:Claviceps purpurea
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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