claviceps purpurea

Meaning of word claviceps purpurea from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

claviceps purpurea noun

Meaning : 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

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palatine bone (noun)
Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.

victimisation (noun)
An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly).

bog down (verb)
Get stuck while doing something.

tomato plant (noun)
Native to South America. Widely cultivated in many varieties.

victimization (noun)
Adversity resulting from being made a victim.

tomato (noun)
Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable.

palsgrave (noun)
(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.

palatalized (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

lycopersicon esculentum (noun)
Native to South America. Widely cultivated in many varieties.

palatalised (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').