What is (a) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur. Gray. (b) Ergotized rye or other grain. [R.] called?
spur — (Bot.) (a) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur. Gray. (b) Ergotized rye or other grain. [R.]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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