n 1  :  a crystalline pharmacologically active alkaloid C₃₅H₃₉N₅O₅ from ergot that is stereoisomeric with ergotinine  2  :  a mixture of isomorphous pharmacologically active alkaloids from ergot - called also ergotoxine group  .
 
   
 
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