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English noun: Claviceps purpurea | |||
| 1. | Claviceps purpurea (plant) 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 | ergot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fungus | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | rye ergot | ||
| Member meronym | Claviceps, genus Claviceps | ||
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