How to Use ergot in a Sentence

ergot

noun
  • But many outbreaks occurred in the dry season, when ergot would not have been an issue.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026
  • Priestesses of Demeter may have used ergot to brew kykeon for the Eleusinian Mysteries.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • The ergot theory, despite being debunked within a year of being published, has continued to spread and thrive like fungus on rye.
    — Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
  • This is the name for a polypeptide alkaloid that is a derivative of ergot and mimics the activity of dopamine according to CNN.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • Some modern historians have attributed it to ergot, a fungus that affects rye and can produce effects similar to ingesting LSD.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026

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