smut

  • 91flag smut — /ˈflæg smʌt/ (say flag smut) noun → stripe smut …

  • 92stinking smut — /stɪŋkɪŋ ˈsmʌt/ (say stingking smut) noun a type of smut on wheat; bunt …

  • 93stripe smut — /ˈstraɪp smʌt/ (say struyp smut) noun any of several diseases of grasses caused by fungi of the order Ustilaginales, as Urocystis agropyri on wheat. Also, flag smut …

  • 94corn smut — ☆ corn smut n. a disease of corn caused by a smut fungus (Ustilago maydis), forming large black swellings …

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  • 95loose smut — n. any of various diseases of cereal grasses caused by smut fungi (esp. genus Ustilago) that cover the plant with dustlike masses of spores …

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  • 96barley smut — noun : either of two diseases of barley: a. : a naked or loose smut caused by a fungus (Ustilago nuda) b. : a covered smut caused by a related fungus (U. hordei) …

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  • 97grain smut — noun : a smut that attacks a cereal grass; especially : a kernel smut as distinguished from one invading the entire inflorescence …

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  • 98kernel smut — noun : covered smut * * * Plant Pathol. a disease of sorghum and other grasses in which the grains are replaced by the black spores of a smut fungus, esp. of the genera Tilletia and Ustilago …

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  • 99naked smut — noun : a smut fungus (as Ustilago nuda or U. tritici) that converts the entire inflorescence of the host into a loose powdery mass of spores compare covered smut …

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  • 100rye smut — noun : a smut (as the stem smut) attacking rye …

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