| NOUN | plant | Claviceps purpurea, ergot | a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant |
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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. | |
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| Synonym | ergot | |
| Member of | Claviceps, genus Claviceps | fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses |
| Narrower | rye ergot | A sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium |
| Broader | fungus | An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter |
| Spanish | claviceps purpurea, cornezuelo | |
| Catalan | claviceps purpurea | |
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