smut fungus
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1. any fungus of the order Ustilaginales (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fungus, |
| definition | : | an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | covered smut, |
| definition | : | a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | loose smut, |
| definition | : | a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | corn smut, cornsmut, |
| definition | : | a smut fungus attacking Indian corn (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bunt, tilletia caries, |
| definition | : | fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | onion smut, urocystis cepulae, |
| definition | : | smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | flag smut fungus, |
| definition | : | a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | smut, |
| definition | : | affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | smut, |
| definition | : | become affected with smut (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | smut, |
| definition | : | affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | smut, |
| definition | : | become affected with smut (verb.change) |
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