Definition of Ergots

1. Noun. (plural of ergot) ¹

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Definition of Ergots

1. ergot [n] - See also: ergot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ergots

ergothioneine
ergotic
ergotin
ergotine
ergotise
ergotised
ergotises
ergotism
ergotisms
ergotize
ergotized
ergotizes
ergotoxine
ergotropic
ergotropism
ergots (current term)
ergs
erhu
erhua
erhus
eriach
eriachs
eric
erica
ericaceous
ericaite
ericas
ericinol
erick
ericks

Literary usage of Ergots

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science MonthlyScience (1893)
"Rusts, smuts, ergots, and rots. BD Halsted, 87 : 707. See also Botany, cryptogamic, Food. FURNISS, JAMES J. Home-made spectroscope, A, 15 : 808. Furniture. ..."

2. Diseases of Field and Garden Crops by Worthington George Smith (1884)
"If ergots are laid in a clean, moist, shady place in a garden, they will germinate naturally in June ; or if a search is made where dead ..."

3. Diseases of Field and Garden Crops by Worthington George Smith (1884)
"If ergots are laid in a clean, moist, shady place in a garden, they will germinate naturally in June ; or if a search is made where dead ..."

4. Transactions by Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1884)
"ergots differed in appearance from any I had previously seen, and were, I concluded, true Wheat ergots. Communicating with my friend Mr. A. Stephen Wilson, ..."

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