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CLAVICEPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Claviceps mean? 

CLAVICEPS (noun)
  The noun CLAVICEPS has 1 sense:

1. fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grassesplay

  Familiarity information: CLAVICEPS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLAVICEPS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Claviceps; genus Claviceps

Hypernyms ("Claviceps" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Claviceps"):

Claviceps purpurea; ergot (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)

Holonyms ("Claviceps" is a member of...):

family Hypocreaceae; Hypocreaceae (family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales)


 Context examples 


Used to relieve stomach/intestinal symptoms, menopause (hot flashes, sweats, restlessness, and insomnia), headaches, and tachycardia, Belladona Phenobarbital Ergotamine is a combination of an Atropa belladonna alkaloid, a Claviceps purpurea (Ergotamine) alkaloid, and a synthetic barbiturate.

(Belladonna/Phenobarbital/Ergotamine, NCI Thesaurus)



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