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Fungus Disease Of Rye Crossword Clue

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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

35%7Of a rye fungus
adjective

• relating to or produced by ergot

31%10 Derived from a fungus that grows on rye
noun

• an alkaloid derived from ergot that is less toxic than ergot; causes constriction of blood vessels and is used to treat migraine

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