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clavicipitaceous

clavicipitaceous adjective: relating to fungi of the family Clavicipitaceae.

Adjective

clavicipitaceous (not comparable)

  1. Relating to fungi of the family Clavicipitaceae
    • Fungal endophytes may be mycorrhizal or non-mycorrhizal, the latter are primarily formed up by Ascomycota and include the clavicipitaceous endophytes of grasses and the more heterogeneous group of the nonclavicipitaceous (NC) endophytes [2 ].2015 December 8, “In Vitro Morphogenesis of Arabidopsis to Search for Novel Endophytic Fungi Modulating Plant Growth”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of clavicipitaceous

From translingual Clavicipitaceae + -ous.

Words formed from clavicipitaceous

Questions about clavicipitaceous

What does clavicipitaceous mean?
Clavicipitaceous means relating to fungi of the family Clavicipitaceae.
What part of speech is clavicipitaceous?
Clavicipitaceous is an adjective.

Words near clavicipitaceous in the dictionary

  1. clavicepitaceous
  2. clavichord
  3. clavichordist
  4. clavichordists
  5. clavichords
  6. clavicipitaceous
  7. clavicipitoid
  8. clavicipitoids
  9. clavicitheria
  10. clavicitherium
  11. clavicitheriums

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