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Claviceps purpurea vs fungus

fungus vs Claviceps purpurea

Claviceps purpurea and fungus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Claviceps purpurea Yes No No No
fungus Yes No No No
As nouns, fungus is a hypernym of Claviceps purpurea; that is, fungus is a word with a broader meaning than Claviceps purpurea:
  • 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
  • fungus: an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
Claviceps purpurea (noun) fungus (noun)
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 an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
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