- LA Times Crossword
- February 16 2022
- Cereal killer
Cereal killer
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Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | 99% | ERGOT | Cereal killer | LA Times |
Definition
• | A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea. |
• | The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding. |
• | A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint. |
• | See 2d Calcar, 3 (b). |
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