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(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 |
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Synonyms: Claviceps purpurea |
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Related Words: fungus, rye ergot |
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(noun) a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus |
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Related Words: plant disease |
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