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Defenition of the word claviceps purpurea

    • Defenition of the word 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

    Synonyms for the word claviceps purpurea

      • Claviceps purpurea
      • ergot

    Meronymys for the word claviceps purpurea

      • Claviceps
      • genus Claviceps

    Hyponyms for the word claviceps purpurea

      • rye ergot

    Hypernyms for the word claviceps purpurea

      • fungus

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