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Definition: Claviceps |
ClavicepsNoun1. Fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A genus of ascomycetous fungi, family Clavicipitaceae, order Hypocreales, parasitic on various grasses. The sclerotia contain several toxic alkaloids. Claviceps purpurea on rye causes ergotism. (references) |
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Synonym: ClavicepsSynonym: genus Claviceps (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Claviceps |
| English words defined with "Claviceps": Claviceps purpurea ♦ genus Claviceps. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Claviceps": Ergot Alkaloids. (references) |
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Expressions using "Claviceps": Claviceps purpurea ♦ genus Claviceps. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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claviceps purpurea | 15 |
claviceps | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "Claviceps"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | claviceps purpurea Tul. (claviceps purpurea Tul.). (various references) | ||||
Dutch | claviceps purpurea Tul. (claviceps purpurea Tul.). (various references) | ||||
French | claviceps purpurea Tul. (claviceps purpurea Tul.). (various references) | ||||
German | Claviceps purpurea Tul. (claviceps purpurea Tul.). (various references) | ||||
Italian | claviceps purpurea Tul. (claviceps purpurea Tul.). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | avicepsclay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-l-p-s-v" | |
-1 letter: peccavis. | |
-2 letters: calices, celiacs, icecaps, ipecacs, peccavi, pelvics, plaices, special, vesical. | |
-3 letters: apices, calces, calves, caseic, cavies, cavils, celiac, cicale, claves, clevis, epical, espial, icecap, ipecac, lipase, pavise, pelvic, pelvis, places, plaice, plicae, silvae, spavie, spicae, splice, valise, vesica. | |
-4 letters: aisle, alecs, alive, aspic, calve, capes, caves, cavie, cavil, cecal, ceils, claps, clasp, clave. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 61 76 69 63 65 70 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. .- ...- .. -.-. . .--. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01100001 01110110 01101001 01100011 01100101 01110000 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l a v i c e p s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 0061 0076 0069 0063 0065 0070 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)377867887569718285 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, danese |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, olandese |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, francese |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tysker, Duitse, allemand, tedesco |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italien, italienisch, italiano |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, inglese |
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