ergot

n. 麥角症、麥角

學術名詞

• 麥角：化學術語、畜牧學、動物學、食品科技、藥學、植物學
• 麥角菌：植物學、實驗動物及比較醫學

英文釋義

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