ERGOT
Scrabble letter values: E1R1G2O1T1 = 6
Definition
- noun a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus.
- noun a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant. — synonyms: Claviceps_purpurea
Examples
- “source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid”