ergot

• ⇰ अ्रर्गट

• ⇰ A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, <spn>Claviceps purpurea</spn>.
• ⇰ The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.
• ⇰ A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.
• ⇰ See 2d Calcar>, 3 <sd>(b)</sd>.