ustilago
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1. type genus of the Ustilaginaceae; genus comprising the loose smuts (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | fungus genus, |
definition | : | includes lichen genera (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | 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) |
member holonym | : | boil smut, ustilago maydis, |
definition | : | a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass (noun.plant) |
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