Tom is culturing ergot.
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Ergot
//ˈəːɡət//
Synonyms for "ergot" (6 found)
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54 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐμπυρισμός noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Bulgarian
1 entries- мораво рогче noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Catalan
1 entries- banya del sègol noun (deformed grain)
Czech
2 entries- námel noun (deformed grain)
- paličkovice noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Dutch
1 entries- moederkoren noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- уржава noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- шемуржа noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Finnish
2 entries- härkäjyvä noun (deformed grain)
- torajyvä noun (deformed grain)
French
2 entries- ergot noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- ergot noun (deformed grain)
Gagauz
1 entries- rastık noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Galician
4 entries- caruncho noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- caruncho noun (deformed grain)
- cornecho noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- cornello noun (deformed grain)
German
2 entries- Mutterkorn noun (deformed grain)
- Mutterkornpilz noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Hungarian
2 entries- anyarozs noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- varjúköröm noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Ingrian
1 entries- hiirensitta noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Irish
1 entries- eargót noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Japanese
1 entries- 麦角菌 noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Kazakh
1 entries- қастауыш noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- ужпинь noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- meldrøye noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- mjølauk noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- mjøldryge noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- moldaks noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Polish
2 entries- buławinka noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- sporysz noun (deformed grain)
Portuguese
2 entries- cravagem noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- cravagem noun (deformed grain)
Romanian
1 entries- corn-de-secară noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Russian
1 entries- спорынья́ noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Spanish
4 entries- cornezuelo noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- cornezuelo noun (deformed grain)
- polvillo noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- tizón noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Udmurt
4 entries- анайӟег noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- мумыӟег noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- ужӟег noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- ӟеганай noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Welsh
3 entries- mall rhyg noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- mallryg noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- malltod rhyg noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Western Mari
2 entries- ӓвӓ ыржа noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
- ӓвӓвӹрцӹ noun (any fungus of the genus Claviceps)
Sample sentences
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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).
Source: wiktionary
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).
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It is crossed medially and laterally by the ligament of the ergot (not shown), that, subcutaneously, connects the ergot with the hoof cartilage.
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