ergot

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈəːɡət/    美 /ˈəɹɡət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses. countable,uncountable
  2. 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. countable,uncountable
    — 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).
  3. The wart-like growth of skin that covers the metacarpal pad on a horse or similar animal. countable,uncountable
    — 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).

词形变化

ergots plural

词汇关系

衍生词
ergosterol ergotamine ergoted ergotic ergotin ergotine ergotism ergotization ergotize ergotoxine lysergic
相关词
sclerotium

词源

Etymology tree
French ergotbor.
English ergot
Borrowed from French ergot.
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