ergots

Meaning of ergots

plural noun
  1. a fungal disease of rye and other cereals in which black elongated fruiting bodies grow in the ears of the cereal. Eating contaminated food can result in ergotism.
  2. a small horny protuberance on the back of each of a horse's fetlocks.

late 17th century: from French, from Old French argot ‘cock's spur’ (because of the appearance produced by the disease).

Information about ergots

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of ergots is: ergot.
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Hyphenation of ergots

er-gots

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • ergots is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of ergots

ergost, etrogs, gestor, goster, groset, storge

Words that rhyme with ergots

cagots, fagots, magots, faggots, maggots, bigots, frigots, gigots, jigots, saligots, spigots, ingots, lingots, argots, escargots

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