ergot

n. 麦角症, 麦角
【化】 麦角
【医】 麦角

形容词:ergotic 

er.got

n.（名词）
A fungus(Claviceps purpurea) that infects various cereal plants and forms compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many of the grains of the host plant.
麦角菌：一种麦角属真菌（麦角菌 麦角菌属） ，它感染谷类作物，形成一种紧密的黑色分叉细丝状物质代替作物的谷粒
The disease caused by such a fungus.
麦角病：由麦角菌引起的病害
The dried sclerotia of ergot, usually obtained from rye seed and used as a source of several medicinally important alkaloids and as the basic source of lysergic acid.
麦角菌核：干燥的麦角菌菌核，通常是从大麦的种子中提取，用作几种颇具医疗价值的生物碱的原料，也是麦角酸的基本来源

来源：
French
法语
from Old French argot [cock`s spur (from its shape)]
源自 古法语 argot [公鸡的距铁]

【引伸】
ergot.ic
adj.（形容词）