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Disease Of Rye Eg Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ERGOT which was last seen in the Telegraph Cross Atlantic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: ERGOT

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199%5Exact Match!
227%8 A disease caused by the ingestion of contaminated rye or other grains
327%9Disease occurrences in wheat, barley, or rye

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We think the answer is "ERGOT" which means:

    noun
  • • A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
  • • 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

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The consumption of contaminated grain can lead to ergot poisoning."
  • • "Ergotism, a condition caused by ergot poisoning, can cause hallucinations and convulsions."

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