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CLAVICEPS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
Synonyms:
Claviceps; genus Claviceps
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Claviceps" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Claviceps"):
Claviceps purpurea; ergot (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)
Holonyms ("Claviceps" is a member of...):
family Hypocreaceae; Hypocreaceae (family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales)
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