garget

gar·get  (gärgt)

n.

Mastitis of domestic animals, especially cattle.

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[Perhaps from Middle English, throat, from Old French gargate.]

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garget [ˈgɑːgɪt]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) Archaic inflammation of the mammary gland of domestic animals, esp cattle

[C16 (in the sense: throat): from Old French gargate, perhaps from Latin gurges gulf]

gargety  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

garget - tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous Phytolacca americana, pigeon berry, poke, scoke pokeweed - perennial of the genus Phytolacca