Usually means: Fungus causing poisoning, affects grains.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. ergot: Merriam-Webster
  2. ergot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ergot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ergot: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ergot: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ergot, ergot: Wordnik
  7. ergot: Wiktionary
  8. ergot: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ergot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. ergot: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. ergot: Dictionary.com
  12. ergot: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Ergot (horse anatomy), Ergot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Ergot: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. ergot: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. ergot: Rhymezone
  17. Ergot: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. ergot: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. ergot: FreeDictionary.org
  20. ergot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. ergot: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ergot: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. ergot: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Ergot: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. ergot: Medical dictionary
  6. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  7. Ergot: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ergot: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ergot)

noun:  Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
noun:  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.
noun:  The wart-like growth of skin that covers the metacarpal pad on a horse or similar animal.

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