CORNSMUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A smut fungus attacking Indian corn

Synonyms:

corn smut; cornsmut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cornsmut" is a kind of...):

smut; smut fungus (any fungus of the order Ustilaginales)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cornsmut"):

boil smut; Ustilago maydis (a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass)

Holonyms ("cornsmut" is a member of...):

family Ustilaginaceae; Ustilaginaceae (a fungus family of loose smuts)