Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Claviceps purpurea | Yes | No | No | No |
genus Claviceps | Yes | No | No | No |
Claviceps purpurea (noun) | genus Claviceps (noun) |
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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 | fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses |