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clavel |
clavellate |
clavellated |
claver |
claviceps |
claviceps purpurea
| clavichord
| clavicipitaceae
| clavicle
| clavicorn
| clavicornes
claviceps purpurea
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun claviceps purpurea has 1 sense
- claviceps purpurea(n = noun.plant) 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; Array is a member of claviceps, genus claviceps
has particulars: rye ergot
is a kind of fungus
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