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STINKING SMUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Similar to Tilletia caries
Synonyms:
bunt; stinking smut; Tilletia foetida
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stinking smut" is a kind of...):
smut; smut fungus (any fungus of the order Ustilaginales)
Holonyms ("stinking smut" is a member of...):
genus Tilletia; Tilletia (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
Synonyms:
bunt; stinking smut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("stinking smut" is a kind of...):
smut (destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores)
