English abbreviation dictionary - ergot
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noun Etymology: French, literally, cock's spur Date: 1683 1. 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); also a fungus bearing ~s 2. a disease of rye and other cereals caused by an ~ fungus 3. a. the dried sclerotia of an ~ fungus grown on rye and containing several alkaloids (as ergonovine and ~amine) b. any of such alkaloids used medicinally for their contractile effect on smooth muscle (as of the uterus and or blood vessels) • ~ic adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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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- 1683, from O.Fr. argot "cock's spur," so called from the shape of the diseased grain. Origin unknown. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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