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Claviceps
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genus Claviceps
(fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses)
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member meronym
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ergot
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Claviceps purpurea
(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)
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(n)
fungus genus
(includes lichen genera)
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(n)
genus
((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)
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(n)
taxonomic group
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taxonomic category
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taxon
(animal or plant group having natural relations)
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(n)
biological group
(a group of plants or animals)
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group
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grouping
(any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
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has instance
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(n)
abstraction
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abstract entity
(a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
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(n)
psychological feature
(a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
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attribute
(an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
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group
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grouping
(any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
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relation
(an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
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communication
(something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
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derivationally related form
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(n)
measure
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quantity
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amount
(how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)
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(n)
otherworld
(an abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality)
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set
((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols)
"the set of prime numbers is infinite"
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