Associations to the word «Claviceps»

Wiktionary

CLAVICEPS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Clavicipitaceae   — certain fungi that are parasitic on grasses.

Dictionary definition

CLAVICEPS, noun. Fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope