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Smut Fungus
see synonyms of smut fungusNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Smut Fungus
see synonyms of smut fungusn.
1. Any of various plant diseases, especially of cereal grasses, caused by parasitic fungi chiefly of the class Ustilaginomycetes that form black powdery masses of spores on the affected parts.
2. A fungus causing such a disease.
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