Bane Of Cereal Grain Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus • 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
	34%	6		Comes in long-grain, medium-grain, and short-grain varieties
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	32%	11		Can be classified as either long-grain, medium-grain, or short-grain
	noun • yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population

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