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 | Claviceps purpurea |
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Member of | Claviceps, genus Claviceps | fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses |
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Narrower | rye ergot | A sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium |
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Broader | fungus | An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter |
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Spanish | claviceps purpurea, cornezuelo |
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Catalan | claviceps purpurea |
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Adjectives | ergotic | relating to or produced by ergot |
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