claviceps purpurea
NOUN
18 LETTERS · STARTS WITH C
claviceps purpurea is a valid 18-letter word worth 30 points in Scrabble and 39 points in Words with Friends.
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WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3L1A1V4I1C3E1P3S1P3U1R1P3U1R1E1A1
3 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =30 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 60TRIPLE WORD → 90
MEANING
What does claviceps purpurea mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
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.
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