Толковый словарь английского языка - ergot
Ergot
ergot
noun Etymology: French, literally, cock's spur Date: 1683 the black or dark purple sclerotium of fungi (genus Claviceps) that occurs as a club-shaped body replacing the seed of a grass (as rye), a disease of rye and other cereals caused by an ~ fungus, 3. the dried sclerotia of an ~ fungus grown on rye and containing several alkaloids (as ergonovine and ~amine), any of such alkaloids used medicinally for their contractile effect on smooth muscle (as of the uterus and or blood vessels), ~ic adjective
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n. 1 a disease of rye and other cereals caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea. 2 a this fungus. b the dried spore-containing structures of this, used as a medicine to aid childbirth. Etymology: F f. OF argot cock's spur, from the appearance produced ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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