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rye ergot vs ergot

ergot vs rye ergot

rye ergot and ergot both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rye ergot Yes No No No
ergot Yes No No No
As nouns, ergot is a hypernym of rye ergot; that is, ergot is a word with a broader meaning than rye ergot:
  • rye ergot: a sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium
  • ergot: 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
Other hypernyms of rye ergot include Claviceps purpurea.
rye ergot (noun) ergot (noun)
a sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium 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
a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
Difference between rye ergot and ergot

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