ergot
English
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəːɡət/, IPA(key): /ˈəːɡɒt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈəɹɡət/, IPA(key): /ˈəɹˌɡɑt/
Noun
[edit]ergot (countable and uncountable, plural ergots)
- Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
- 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.
- 1980, Albert Hofmann, chapter 1, in Jonathan Ott, transl., LSD, My Problem Child[1], McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, archived from the original on 22 May 2016:
- Ergot first appeared on the stage of history in the early Middle Ages, as the cause of outbreaks of mass poisonings affecting thousands of persons at a time. The illness, whose connection with ergot was for a long time obscure, appeared in two characteristic forms, one gangrenous (ergotismus gangraenosus) and the other convulsive (ergotismus convulsivus).
- The wart-like growth of skin that covers the metacarpal pad on a horse or similar animal.
- 1912, Richard Lydekker, The Horse and Its Relatives, page vi:
- Since the text was in type, Mr. R. I. Pocock has pointed out (The Field, Jan. 20, 1912, p. 143) that the aperture of a scent-gland situated on the posterior aspect of the hind-foot of the Indian rhinoceros occupies a position very nearly similar to that of the ergot in the foot of the horse (infra, p. 41).
- 2003, Klaus-Dieter Budras, W. O. Sack, Sabine Rock, Anatomy of the Horse: An Illustrated Text, page 8:
- It is crossed medially and laterally by the ligament of the ergot (not shown), that, subcutaneously, connects the ergot with the hoof cartilage.
- 2016, Gary Mullen, Horses: Amazing Facts and Trivia, page 102:
- Place the end of a length of string at the fetlock joint (near the ergot, the tubular growth on the back of the fetlock joint, hidden within the hair tuft).
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]any fungus of the genus Claviceps
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deformed grain
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “ergot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Further reading
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Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French argot, considered from a substrate root *arg- related to thorns and pointy things widespread in Western Romance, for related forms see Galician argana (“awn”), Spanish aulaga (“gorse”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ergot m (plural ergots)
- spur of a male member of Galliformes
- ergot
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ergot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
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[edit]Noun
[edit]ergot n (plural ergoturi)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | ergot | ergotul | ergoturi | ergoturile | |
| genitive-dative | ergot | ergotului | ergoturi | ergoturilor | |
| vocative | ergotule | ergoturilor | |||
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