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CLAVICEPS PURPUREA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Claviceps purpurea; ergot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Claviceps purpurea" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Claviceps purpurea"):

rye ergot (a sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium)

Holonyms ("Claviceps purpurea" is a member of...):

Claviceps; genus Claviceps (fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses)

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