HyperDic: genus_claviceps

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Claviceps:
NOUNplantgenus Claviceps, Clavicepsfungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
English > genus Claviceps: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses.
SynonymClaviceps
Member ofHypocreaceae, family Hypocreaceaefamily of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps
Membersergot, Claviceps purpureaA fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant
Broaderfungus genusIncludes lichen genera
Spanishclaviceps, genus claviceps
Catalanclaviceps, genus claviceps

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