Contaminated with or affected by ergot fungus, especially grain that has been infected with the fungus.
From 'ergot' plus the past participle suffix '-ed'. This agricultural term describes crops that have developed ergot contamination during growth or storage.
Ergoted grain was an invisible killer in history—farmers couldn't always tell which harvests were contaminated, and entire families could get sick from eating bread made from ergoted flour.
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