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STINKING SMUT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Similar to Tilletia cariesplay

Synonyms:

bunt; stinking smut; Tilletia foetida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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 sporesplay

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)

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