ERGOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ergot mean? 

• ERGOT (noun)
  The noun ERGOT has 2 senses:

1. a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus

2. 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

  Familiarity information: ERGOT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERGOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ergot" is a kind of...):

plant disease (a disease that affects plants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Claviceps purpurea; ergot

Hypernyms ("ergot" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ergot"):

rye ergot (a sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium)

Holonyms ("ergot" is a member of...):

Claviceps; genus Claviceps (fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses)

Derivation:

ergotic (relating to or produced by ergot)

 Context examples 

The maleate salt of methylergonovine, a semi-synthetic ergot alkaloid with vasoconstrictive and uterotonic effects.

(Methylergonovine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

A semi-synthetic ergot derivative and a dopamine agonist with antiparkinson property.

(Pergolide Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

The tartrate salt form of ergotamine, an ergot alkaloid and adrenergic alpha agonist with vasoconstrictor activity.

(Ergotamine Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

A naturally occurring ergot alkaloid with vasoconstrictor and analgesic property.

(Ergotamine, NCI Thesaurus)

The mesylate salt of bromocriptine, a semisynthetic ergot alkaloid with dopaminergic, antidyskinetic, and antiprolactinemic activities.

(Bromocriptine Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

An ergot derivative with agonistic activity for alpha-adrenergic, serotonergic, and dopaminergic receptors.

(Dihydroergotamine Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

A semisynthetic, ergot alkaloid with antiparkinson and lactation inhibitory activities.

(Bromocriptine, NCI Thesaurus)