| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. Fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "Claviceps" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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| Health | A genus of ascomycetous fungi, family Clavicipitaceae, order Hypocreales, parasitic on various grasses. The sclerotia contain several toxic alkaloids. Claviceps purpurea on rye causes ergotism. (references) | ||
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| Claviceps purpurea | 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. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Genus Claviceps | Fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: Claviceps | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Claviceps sorghi | 5 | Claviceps fusiformis | 5 | |
| Claviceps fusiformis | 5 | Claviceps sorghi | 5 | |
| Claviceps zizaniae | 4 | Claviceps zizaniae | 4 | |
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