ergot - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for ergot , a list of similar words for ergot from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

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

Synonyms

• Claviceps purpurea
• ergot

More generic

• fungus

More specific

• rye ergot

Related

• Claviceps
• genus Claviceps

Noun

a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus

Synonyms

• ergot

More generic

• plant disease

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