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Ergot   /ˈərgət/   Listen
Ergot

noun
1.
A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus.
2.
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.  Synonym: Claviceps purpurea.



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"Ergot" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Ohio, in the Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Reporter, recommends ergot in headache, especially the nervous or sick headache. He says it will cure a larger proportion of cases than any other remedy. His theory of its action is that it lessens the quantity of blood in the brain by contracting the muscular fibres of the ...
— Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 • Barkham Burroughs
... should lie on her back and take internally a teaspoonful of paregoric every two hours; drink freely of lemonade or other cooling drinks, and for nourishment subsist chiefly on chicken broth, toast, water gruel, fresh fruits, etc. The principal homeopathic remedies for this disease are ergot and cimicifuga, given in drop-doses of ...
— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols


Words linked to "Ergot" :   Claviceps, plant disease, fungus, genus Claviceps, Claviceps purpurea


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