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. Synonym: ergot.
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Words linked to "Claviceps purpurea" : rye ergot, fungus, Claviceps, genus Claviceps |
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