genus claviceps

1. 1.

   fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses

   SynonymsClaviceps

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofHypocreaceae

Questions about genus claviceps

What does genus claviceps mean?

genus claviceps means "fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses".

What is another word for genus claviceps?

Close synonyms include Claviceps. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus claviceps a common word?

genus claviceps is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.