Claviceps purpurea
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Latin "clavus" (club), Greek "kephalē" (head), and Latin "purpureus" (purple).
مثال
- Claviceps purpurea is responsible for the majority of ergot infections.
- The alkaloids produced by Claviceps purpurea can be toxic.
- Ergotism outbreaks have been linked to the presence of Claviceps purpurea.
ترکیبهای رایج
Claviceps purpurea infections Alkaloids produced by Claviceps purpurea Outbreaks of Claviceps purpurea
تعریف انگلیسی
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