Ergots Meaning

There are 2 meaning(s) for word Ergots

Meaning 1 : 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
Meaning 2 : a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus