Claviceps


Definition: Meaning of, Claviceps in English to English dictionary.

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  1. fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
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Claviceps used in phrases

  • Claviceps purpurea (noun)
    1. a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid
  • genus Claviceps (noun)
    1. fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
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