CLAVICEPS PURPUREA
\klˈava͡ɪsəps pˌɜːpjʊɹˈi͡ə], \klˈavaɪsəps pˌɜːpjʊɹˈiə], \k_l_ˈa_v_aɪ_s_ə_p_s p_ˌɜː_p_j_ʊ_ɹ_ˈiə]\
Definitions of CLAVICEPS PURPUREA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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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
By Princeton University
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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
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Nearby Words
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